Cyrus Flashcards
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Ruler during that time
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Cyrus the great
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The gain of Lydia
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Croesus the king of Lydia decided to attack the Persians during 546BC
the Delphi oracle said that if he crossed the river Halys a great empire would fall
He lost his own empire at Sardis
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Cyrus dates
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559BC-530BC
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War against the Median
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Cyrus defeated their king Astyages
The Median Empire became part of thePersian empire
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The Greeks of that area
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Under Lydian rule
The defeat of Croesus changed this
Mazarin and Harpagus (Persians) took control of the west coast of Asia Minor Greeks
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Cyrus conquered
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Lydia
The Greeks of Ionia
Babylon
Egypt
