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cyrus the great: also known as cyrus II or cyrus of persia. he was the first zoroastrian persian emperor he was the founder of the persian empire under the achaemenid dynasty.It was under his rule that persia embraced the previous "civilized states" of the near east. he expanded the empire vastly conquered most of central asia and southwest asia, from the indus river to egypt, creating the largest empire that the world had ever seen at that point in time.