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Cyrus (Persian: Kūruš, circa 600 – circa 530 BC) was one of the most famous rulers in history. He was born a prince of a recently-settled Iranian tribe, the Persians. According to a legend (a variation of one familiar in biographies of conquerors), at Cyrus' birth, Astyages, Cyrus' grandfather and king of the Medes (a neighboring Iranian tribe of whom the Persians were vassals), heard in a dream that Cyrus was destined to seize his kingdom, whereupon Astyages ordered the baby abandoned. He was found by a herdsmen and raised as a son. Eventually, he proved himself as a warrior and came back to avenge himself. The more probable version of his story is that he had always been a prince and later vassal king. In any case, in a series of campaigns, he made himself king of the Medes as well. From there he began a life of conquest that spread until he had the largest and perhaps most successful empire yet created in the world, UsefulNotes/TheAchaemenidEmpire.
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Cyrus (Persian: Kūruš, circa 600 – circa 530 BC) BC), [[TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard Shah of Anshan, Shah of Persia, Shah of Media, King of Lydia, King of the World, Shahanshah (King of Kings), Great King, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Four Corners of the World, King of the Universe]] was one of the most famous rulers in history. He was born a prince of a recently-settled Iranian tribe, the Persians. According to a legend (a variation of one familiar in biographies of conquerors), at Cyrus' birth, Astyages, Cyrus' grandfather and king of the Medes (a neighboring Iranian tribe of whom the Persians were vassals), heard in a dream that Cyrus was destined to seize his kingdom, whereupon Astyages ordered the baby abandoned. He was found by a herdsmen and raised as a son. Eventually, he proved himself as a warrior and came back to avenge himself. The more probable version of his story is that he had always been a prince and later vassal king. In any case, in a series of campaigns, he made himself king of the Medes as well. From there he began a life of conquest that spread until he had the largest and perhaps most successful empire yet created in the world, UsefulNotes/TheAchaemenidEmpire.
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-->"When I became rich, I realized that no kindness between man and man comes more naturally than sharing food and drink, especially food and drink of the ambrosial excellence that I could now provide. Accordingly, I arranged that my table be spread everyday for many invitees, all of whom would dine on the same excellent food as myself. After my guests and I were finished, I would send out any extra food to my absent friends, in token of my esteem."
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-->"When I became rich, I realized that no kindness between man and man comes more naturally than sharing food and drink, especially food and drink of the ambrosial excellence that I could now provide. Accordingly, I arranged that my table be spread everyday every day for many invitees, all of whom would dine on the same excellent food as myself. After my guests and I were finished, I would send out any extra food to my absent friends, in token of my esteem."
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-> ''In scope and extent his achievements ranked far above that of the Macedonian king, UsefulNotes/{{Alexander|TheGreat}} who was to demolish the empire in the 320's (BC) but fail to provide any stable alternative.''
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-> ''In scope and extent his achievements ranked far above that of the Macedonian king, UsefulNotes/{{Alexander|TheGreat}} who was to demolish the empire in the 320's 320s (BC) but fail to provide any stable alternative.''
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* PrideBeforeAFall: The moral of the story of Herodotus' version of his death at the hands of the Warrior Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae.
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* PrideBeforeAFall: The moral of the story of Herodotus' version of his death at the hands of the Warrior Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae.
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* OldSoldier: According to most accounts, he died in battle at the age of 70. He'd been King for 29 years at that time and spent most of them fighting and conquering.
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Literature/TheBible loves Cyrus for letting the Jews return back to the Promised Land. Thus he's the only Gentile called ''Māšîăḥ'', "annointed", i.e. "Messiah".[[note]]While most people associate the term "Messiah" with the prophesied savior of the Jewish people (likely due to the influence of Christianity, which holds UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} to be this savior), ''"Māšîăḥ"'' is also used throughout the ''Tanakh'' as a general title afforded to a variety of heroic figures considered to have "saved" the Jewish people in some way.[[/note]]
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Literature/TheBible loves Cyrus for letting the Jews return back to the Promised Land. Thus he's the only Gentile called ''Māšîăḥ'', afforded the title of ''Māšīyaḥ'': "annointed", i.e. "Messiah".[[note]]While most people associate the term "Messiah" with the prophesied savior of the Jewish people (likely due to the influence of Christianity, which holds UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} to be this savior), ''"Māšîăḥ"'' ''"Māšīyaḥ"'' is also used throughout the ''Tanakh'' as a general title afforded to a variety of heroic figures considered to have "saved" the Jewish people in some way.[[/note]]
