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The Messed Up History Of The First Persian Empire
By Benito Cereno/Jan. 8, 2021 9:59 am EDT/Updated: Jan. 9, 2021 2:33 am EDT
Which empire was the greatest of all time? Chances are you might think of the Romans first, or maybe the Mongols if you prefer a slightly deeper historical cut. If you restrict your criteria to just be about the physically largest empire of all time, you might consider, again, Rome, to which all roads led, or maybe even the more modern British Empire, on whom the sun famously never set. It turns out, in fact, that arguably the most powerful empire of all time was none of those but rather the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, which rose to power under Cyrus II, known as the King of Kings.