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- DictionaryCyrus/ˈsʌɪrəs/
- 1. (died c. 530 bc), king of Persia 559–530 bc and founder of the Achaemenid dynasty, father of Cambyses; known as Cyrus the Great. He defeated the Median empire in 550 bc and went on to conquer Asia Minor, Babylonia, Syria, Palestine, and most of the Iranian plateau.
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