Like many ancient rulers, the persian conqueror cyrus the great (ca 590†ca 529 b. c. ), also known as cyrus ii, was born of royalty. On the death of his father, cambyses i, cyrus ruled the After absorbing the median empire, cyrus conquered lydia and eventually the neo-babylonian empire, granting him control of anatolia and the fertile crescent, respectively.

He founded persia by uniting the two original iranian tribes- the medes and the persians.