Cyrus the Great (In Our Time)
550 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history and reputation of the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Second of Persia as he was known then was born in the sixth century BCE in Persis which is now in Iran. He was the founder of the first Persian Empire, the largest empire at that point in history, spanning more than two million square miles. His story w
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Around 550 BCE
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Socrates (469 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (586 BCE)