Born
600 BC
Died
530 BC
Nationality
Persian
Events involving Cyrus the Great (6)
550 BC
ID: 3624
Cyrus defeats Astyages - overthrows Median Empire, founds Achaemenid Persian Empire
ID: 3624
547 BC
ID: 3625
Cyrus conquers Lydia - defeats Croesus, controls Asia Minor, invents postal system
ID: 3625
539 BC
ID: 2783
Fall of Babylon - Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon without battle, diverts Euphrates, enters under walls
ID: 2783
539 BC
ID: 2805
Cyrus Cylinder inscribed - proclaims religious tolerance, confirms biblical account of allowing exiles to return
ID: 2805
538 BC
ID: 2784
Cyrus Decree - allows Jews to return and rebuild Temple (Cyrus Cylinder confirms policy of repatriation)
ID: 2784
530 BC
ID: 3626
Death of Cyrus the Great - killed fighting Massagetae, Cambyses II becomes king
ID: 3626