Cyrus the Great: The King of Kings

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  @Biographics · 6 years ago · pinned

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  @ethanramos4441 · 6 years ago (edited)

  “Diversity in counsel, unity in command” Cyrus the Great

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  @shahrzadm8265 · 6 years ago

  Cyrus the great is also the first king to free slaves and outlaw slavery in his kingdom. Considering the fact that this happened almost 2500 years ago in a time when slavery was a common practice in every country makes his action more admirable. Also, Religious tolerance and respecting his people&apos;s culture and traditions are shockingly modern values for a man in ancient times which indicates why he was beloved among people.

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  @TheChosen2030 · 6 years ago

  Alexander conquered an empire<br>Cyrus created an empire

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• CA

  @cantbetamed2210 · 6 years ago

  I read about him on the Bible, letting the jews return to their home with their properties.

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• UL

  @Ulas_Aldag · 6 years ago

  Cyrus the most underrated great man. Arguably one of the greatest persons every to live

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  @Aryanmard · 4 years ago

  The difference between Cyrus and others is that, you don&apos;t have to be a Persian to be proud of yourself when you learn about him, you&apos;d feel proud simply as a human being from any part of the world with any ethnic background.

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  @Anthony-wp1by · 5 years ago (edited)

  SOME FACTS about PERSIA and PERSIAN PEOPLE <br> <br>1. Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Persian Empire over 2500 years ago, achieves highest rank among all world leaders throughout the human history. Some of them are as follows:<br><br>2. He established &nbsp;“the FIRST declaration of human rights.” (The Cyrus The Great Cylinder) <br><br>3. In the Bible (e.g., Ezra 1:1-4), Cyrus is famous for freeing more than 40,000 Jew captives in Babylonia and allowing them to return to their homeland and welcomed them if they decided to stay. His name occurs twenty two times in the Bible. (His kindness and generosity was equally given toward all the people of different religions and backgrounds.) Were it not for Cyrus, therefore, it seems at least possible that the Jewish people would have died out as a separate group in the fifth century BC. <br><br>4. Freedoms of religion, job, and place of residency; being advocate of freedom of choice over 2500 years ago is very admirable. On the contrary Constantine the Great 800 years later did not have religious toleration (persecuted the Jews) and introduced laws that made certain occupations (e.g., butchers, bakers) hereditary. <br><br>5. Slavery was not allowed. The Old Persian culture did not accept the concept of slavery. This is a good indication of a great ethical culture; we can admire this especially when we see some 250 years later Aristotle&apos;s ideas of slavery as natural law. This idea of Aristotle was used in the Roman Empire and after that in the British Empire as natural law. <br>6. High moral and ethical values. <br><br>7. Created Persian Empire based on ethics. <br>8. Establishment of a constitution and Judicial system based on high moral and ethical values. <br>9. Created Gold and Silver coins for trading.<br>10. Ordered all Governors to treat the people as their own children. <br><br>11. Cyrus the Great had a Major influence on the thinking of Aristotle and Alexander the Great, and the Roman Empire form of government. <br>12. Even the Greeks, who for a long time considered the Persian Empire to be the chief threat to their own independence, never ceased to regard Cyrus as a thoroughly admirable ruler. <br><br>13. The study of Cyrus the Great and establishment of his ethical Persian empire over 2500 years ago is a good indication that in our time the concept of world order based on ethics, ethical state, peace and harmony among nations are not an impossible goal and illusion... <br><br>14. When writing the &quot;Declaration of Independence&quot;, the US Founding Fathers were inspired by the Cyrus the Great Human Rights. <br> <br>Thank you for reading

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  @basedbattledroid3507 · 5 years ago

  He coined the phrase &quot;I&apos;m doing this for your own good&quot; except unlike nearly everyone else who&apos;s ever used that phrase in every subsequent moment of human history; <b>HE ACTUALLY MEANT IT.</b>

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• LI

  @Literarydilettante · 6 years ago

  Cyrus is definitely the first superhero. Insane back story and everything.

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• ZA

  @zach7193 · 6 years ago

  Cyrus was a inspiration to the world. &nbsp;The Cyrus Cylinder was the basis of human rights. &nbsp;Thomas Jefferson was inspired by him when the Declaration of Independence. &nbsp;Alexander the Great had a copy of Cyrus&apos;s life when reading. &nbsp;He also kept the same administration that Cyrus had started with his empire. &nbsp;The Jews view Cyrus as their savior when he freed them from Babylon. &nbsp;He is the interesting man in the world.

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• JB

  @jbcheema9883 · 6 years ago

  &quot;Even if the skies were shorter than my knees, I would not kneel.&quot;<br><br><br>-Cyrus the Great

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