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In the crucible of ancient conflicts, Cyrus the Great forged the vast Achaemenid Empire, setting the stage for the epic Greco-Persian Wars that shaped the fate of the ancient world. Greece’s retribution would occur in 334 BC by the world-renowned Alexander the Great, who ultimately conquered the entirety of the Achaemenid Empire, ending the First Persian Empire.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Rotten boroughs were parliamentary constituencies that had very few voters yet still had the right to elect two MPs to the Commons.