Persian Empire and Cyrus the Great

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expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army

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cyrus

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religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

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zoroaster

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Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by

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treating conquered people fairly

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Under King Cyrus, in the 540s b.c.e., the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Judah, and

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Mesopotamia

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A king from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae

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Leonidas