Cyrus the Great
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Cyrus Cylinder Full Babylonian text of the Cyrus Cylinder as it was known in 2001; translation; brief introduction Xenophon, Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus, translated by Henry Graham Dakyns and revised by F.M.

Cyrus the Great

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Table Section Text: Cyrus Cylinder Full Babylonian text of the Cyrus Cylinder as it was known in 2001; translation; brief introduction Xenophon, Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus, translated by Henry Graham Dakyns and revised by F.M.

Cyrus the Great Achaemenid dynastyBorn: c. 599 BC Died: 530 BC

New title Not previously established	King of Kings of Persian Empire ?–530 BC	Succeeded by Cambyses II

Preceded by Cambyses I	King of Persia 559–530 BC

Preceded by Astyages	King of Media 550–530 BC

Preceded by Croesus	King of Lydia 547–530 BC

Preceded by Nabonidus	King of Babylon 539–530 BC

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Cyrus the Great was the ruler in 559 BC.

final_sentence: Cyrus the Great was the ruler in 559 BC.