Empire: World History — 97. Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower

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97. Cyrus the Great: Building the First Superpower

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Born the son of a khan, a tribal chieftain, Cyrus would go on to be a titanic figure of world history. He took Persia from being a minor regional power to the first superpower the world has ever seen. Conquering all of modern day Iran, then Turkey, and finally defeating the power of the day, Babylon: Cyrus undoubtedly…

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