Ciro el Grande: Creó el Imperio Persa desde cero | Gabypedia

We always talk about great conquerors like Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great, but... who did they admire? Today on Gabypedia, we're going to talk about a man who, in less than thirty years, went from being the son of a vassal king to building the largest empire the world had ever seen: Cyrus the Great. Discover how the Persians went from paying tribute to dominating from the Mediterranean to the Indus River, why their method of conquest without destruction was so revolutionary, and what ancient technologies we still use today. #gabypedia #historicalgossip #history #ancientempires #cyrusthegreat 📚 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES CONSULTED Primary Sources: Herodotus, Histories: On the life of Cyrus, the Lydian campaign, and his death at the hands of Tomyris. Xenophon, Cyropaedia: The biography of Cyrus studied in antiquity as a manual of leadership. Nabonidus Chronicle: A Babylonian tablet documenting the rebellion against the Medes and the fall of Babylon. The Cyrus Cylinder: A cuneiform tablet recounting Persian policy after the conquest of Babylon. Book of Ezra: A record of the return of the Jews to the Kingdom of Judah. Arrian, Anabasis of Alexander: A record of Alexander's scene at Pasargadae in front of the tomb. Secondary Sources and Scholarly Consensus: Briant, Pierre (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire. (The most comprehensive scholarly reference on the Achaemenid Empire.) Kuhrt, Amélie (2007). The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. (Including her critical analysis of the Cyrus Cylinder.) Finkel, Irving (British Museum). Historiographical perspective on the Cyrus Cylinder as a political and propaganda document. Tablets of Al-Yahudu. Archaeological evidence documenting the life of the Jewish community in Babylon. UNESCO. Official documentation and archaeological records on Pasargadae and Persepolis. LET'S CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA! Plan B Traveler 🗺 Inspiration, nature trails, and travel recommendations: Instagram ➔   / planbviajero   TikTok ➔   / planbviajero   Facebook ➔   / planbviajero   Gabypedia 📚 More historical tidbits, art, and cultural facts with a solid foundation: Instagram ➔   / soygabypedia   TikTok ➔   / soygabypedia