Царь Кир — величайший до Александра

The reign of the Persian king Cyrus the Great was a turning point in human history. He succeeded in creating a vast empire, the likes of which had never been seen before. For this reason, the ancients considered Cyrus the greatest man who ever lived, until Alexander the Great. It was Cyrus who first united the Middle East and forced people to think of it as a single entity. His reign marked the end of the history of the Ancient East and the beginning of a new East—the modern East. It was with the Persian king Cyrus that the confrontation between the East and Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, began. And the Crusades are undoubtedly a distant echo of that ancient conflict. Among other things, Cyrus the Great laid the foundations of the universal imperial idea. And this idea spread not only in the East but also captivated the minds of Western rulers. How did Cyrus the Great, born into the ruling family of a small Persian kingdom lost in the mountains, steppes, and deserts of the vast Iranian plateau, manage to do this? You'll learn about this and much more in this and subsequent videos. VKontakte: https://vk.com/ageofcrusades Telegram: https://t.me/ageofcrusades Twitter:   / ageofcrusades   DonationAlerts: https://www.donationalerts.com/r/ageo... Patreon:   / ageofcrusades   #CyrusTheGreat #AncientWorld #History