Cyrus the Great becomes perhaps the greatest conqueror of the ancient world, founding the Persian Empire and becoming - among other things - King of Kings and King of the Universe.
Songs Used
Rewound - Chris Zabriskie
Divider - Chris Zabriskie
At the Gates of Babylon - Antti Martikainen
Ancient Sources
Herodotus
Xenophon
Hebrew Bible
Modern Sources
Briant, Pierre, From Cyrus to Alexander
Online Sources
Wikipedia.org
Loeb Classical Library
Perseus Tufts Library
Livius.org
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
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