Cyrus the Great (reigned 550-530 BC) was the founder of the Persian Empire. His reign witnessed the first serious contacts between Persians and Greeks and the permanent loss of political power by the peoples of the old centers of power in Mesopotamia....

CYRUS II (c. 585–c. 529 BCE), called Cyrus the Great; builder and ruler of the Persian empire from 559 BCE until his death. A king of the Achaemenid dynasty, Cyrus (OPers., Kurush) combined great ambition, shrewd calculation, and military...

c. 600-529 B.C. Persian king and emperor who established the Persian Empire. He succeeded his father as prince of Persis, a part of the Median Empire. He rebelled against and defeated the Medes and went on to conquer other neighboring nations including...

Cyrus the Great (Old Persian: Τ𐎢ν𐎢ρ[1], Kūruš,[2] modern Persian: کوروش بزرگ, Kurosh-e Bozorg) or کوروش کبیر Kurosh-e Kabir (c. 590 BC or 576 — August 530 BC), also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the...

By day I praised you and never knew it. By night I stayed with you and never knew it. I always thought that I was me--but no, I was you and never knew it. Rumi * I. INTRODUCTION [Europe]...

If there is goal one should accomplish in the fitness industry, Donna Cyrus has reached it and then some. Cyrus, the AFAA certified national director of Crunch Group Fitness, has been with Crunch Fitness International for over five years. In that time, she...

Israeli archaeologists charged that digging overseen by Islamic religious leaders at a hotly disputed Jerusalem holy site damaged a wall that might date back to the Bible.Islamic authorities responsible for Haram as-Sharif, known to Jews as Temple Mount, said digging a trench was necessary to...

Sanabargh Zahedi“I will release water into Sivand Dam personally,” announced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s hard-line president, on April 17.  Two days later, on April 19, with his orders the process began.Although it may seem that this is a simple routine to start filling a dam with...