In 549 BCE, the Persians, led by Cyrus the Great of the Archaemenian family, overthrew the Median court of Western Iran. Cyrus thus founded the first Persian Empire. The Archaemenian kings are ...

Yet another downloadable civilization has been released for Civilization 6, this time the Persian Empire, led by Cyrus the Great ... the Great while it was under the rule of the emperor Darius ...

Under Cyrus, the Persian Empire became the hegemonic power in the East. Despite beginning his reign as a vassal king subject to the Median Empire, which he would later conquer, Cyrus was fierce ...

Under the leadership of Cyrus the Great, Persia ruled the world's first true empire, centered in Iran and stretching from Europe to Egypt to India. Distinguished by their headdresses, Median and ...