Cyrus
Ancient Persia's founder
Cyrus is a male given name of Persian origin, borne by several ancient kings of Persia, most notably Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE.
The name appears in biblical texts, where Cyrus is portrayed favorably as the ruler who freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity.
In contemporary use, Cyrus remains a moderately common name, perhaps best known through pop star Miley Cyrus.
Ancient Mesopotamian capital
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- PersiaIran's former name
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
- SumerAncient southern Mesopotamia
Akkadian · Tigris · Euphrates · Chaldean · Lydia · Media · Croesus · antiquity
Iran's former name
- DariusPersian royal name
- XerxesAchaemenid king of kings
- conquerorVictor who takes control
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
dynasty · empire · sovereign · ruler · satrap · imperial · liberator · royalty
Ancient Greek historiographer
- XenophonGreek soldier-historian
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- primary sourceUnmediated evidence from events
Babylon
Ancient Mesopotamian capital
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
- PersiaIran's former name
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
Sumer · Akkadian · Tigris · Euphrates · Chaldean · Lydia · Media · Croesus · antiquity · cuneiform
Persia
Iran's former name
monarch · dynasty · empire · sovereign · ruler · satrap · imperial · liberator · royalty · throne
Herodotus
Ancient Greek historiographer
- XenophonGreek soldier-historian
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
masculine
Male in character
- Celebrity NamesAffleck, Anderson, Aniston, Blanchett, Brando
- World LeadersChurchill, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev, Thatcher
- Ancient IsraelIsraelites, Jerusalem, Israel, twelve tribes, Judea
- IranIran, Tehran, Isfahan, Persia, Shiraz
- Ancient LeadersAlexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Augustus, Pericles, Marcus Aurelius
- Ancient RulersNebuchadnezzar, Genghis Khan, Hammurabi, Ramesses II, Ramesses
- Miley Cyrus
- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Cyril and MethodiusSlavic apostles from Thessaloniki
- Cyril of AlexandriaEarly Egyptian patriarch, theologian
- Cyrillic alphabetEastern European writing system
- Cyrus the GreatFirst Achaemenid emperor