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Cyrus the Great (Persian: کوروش بزرگ, Kūrosh-e-Bozorg) (600 BC or 576 BC -- December 530 BC), also known as Cyrus II or Cyrus of Persia, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty.
It was under his own rule that the empire embraced all previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia, parts of Europe and Caucasus. From the Mediterranean sea and the Hellespont in the west to the Indus River in the east, to create the largest empire the world had yet seen.
The reign of Cyrus lasted between 29 and 31 years. Cyrus built his empire by fighting and conquering first the Median Empire, then the Lydian Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Either before or after Babylon, he led an expedition into central Asia, which resulted in major campaigns that brought "into subjection every nation without exception. Cyrus did not venture into Egypt, as he himself died in battle, fighting the Massagetae along the Syr Darya in December 530 BC. He was succeeded by his son, Cambyses II, who managed to add to the empire by conquering Egypt, Nubia, and Cyrenaica during his short rule.

As a military leader, Cyrus left a legacy on the art of leadership and decision making, and he attributed his success to "Diversity in counsel, unity in command. Cyrus the Great respected the customs and religions of the lands he conquered. It is said that in universal history, the role of the Achaemenid empire founded by Cyrus lies in its very successful model for centralized administration and establishing a government working to the advantage and profit of its subjects.In fact, the administration of the empire through satraps and the vital principle of forming a government at Pasargadae were the work of Cyrus. Aside from his own nation, Persia (modern Iran), Cyrus also left a lasting legacy on Jewish religion (through his Edict of Restoration), human rights, politics, and military strategy, as well as on both Eastern and Western civilizations.

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  • @SonOfCyrusTheGreat And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided 10:45

  • @SonOfCyrusTheGreat Nay, they charge with falsehood that whose knowledge they cannot compass, even before the elucidation thereof hath reached them: thus did those before them make charges of falsehood: but see what was the end of those who did wrong!

    10:39

  • @SonOfCyrusTheGreat And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason? 10:42

  • @affane78 Blah blah blah... say what you want, it won't fix the contradictions in Quran including the example I gave previously... Ayyats?? Oh gimme a break! What evidence? What evidence is there to prove the existence of any God let alone Allah!??? Naught! There is no evidence, it's all nonsense my friend, grow the fuck up!

  • @SonOfCyrusTheGreat Because of their breaking the covenant, and of their rejecting the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah, and of their killing the Prophets unjustly, and of their saying: "Our hearts are wrapped (with coverings, i.e. we do not understand what the Messengers say)" - nay, Allah has set a seal upon their hearts because of their disbelief, so they believe not but a little. 4:155

  • @SonOfCyrusTheGreat And they said, "Our hearts are wrapped." But, [in fact], Allah has cursed them for their disbelief, so little is it that they believe. 2:88

  • @affane78 So what? Hey don't blame me for being kafir, it's Allah's fault, he even admits it himself in Baqarah (Surah 2), Ayyah 6 (Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.) and Ayyah 7 (Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is a great punishment.) As you can see Allah has sealed my heart and my ears, it's not my fault, he's bit sadistic hehe

  • @SonOfCyrusTheGreat "And not equal are the blind and those who see, nor are (equal) those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism), and do righteous good deeds, and those who do evil. Little do you remember!" Quran 40:58

    ".?" Say: "Are the blind equal with those who see? Or the depths of darkness equal with light?" Or do they assign to Allah partners who have created (anything) as He has created ... the Creator of all things: He is the One, the Supreme and Irresistible." 13:16

  • @affane78 And ladies and gentlemen this is how religion of any flavour cripples one's rational abilities, effectively turning one into a delusional zombie hahaha... u need a shake up my friend cuz ur deeply very deeply asleep... hope it's not too late when that shake up comes and make u realize there is no one int he sky to protect from the chaotic nature of reality...

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