Cyrus the Great was the Father of the Persian Empire, the largest in the ancient world. Learn about his rise and how the empire he created helped to shape history as we know it. #ProjectMiddleEast Tomiris Video Clips from Trailer (Under Fair Use) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arOyKXnmuWY Image Attributions Herodotus: Museum of Art, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Map of Achaemenid Empire: Original creator: MossmapsCorrections according to Oxford Atlas of World History 2002, The Times Atlas of World History (1989), Philip's Atlas of World History (1999) by पाटलिपुत्र, CC BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons Persepolis The Persian Soldiers: Original creator: MossmapsCorrections according to Oxford Atlas of World History 2002, The Times Atlas of World History (1989), Philip's Atlas of World History (1999) by पाटलिपुत्र, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cyrus the Great Tomb: Truth Seeker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Olympic Park Cyrus: Siamax, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Hermes crioforo: No machine-readable author provided. Tetraktys assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Darius In Parse: درفش کاویانی, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Persepolis: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Xerxes all ethnicities: A.Davey, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Achaemenid cavalry in Asia Minor: Dan Diffendale, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Iran shiraz: Franco Pecchio from Milano, Italy, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Map of the Kingdom of Lydia: Cattette, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The Fall of Nineveh