# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cyrus-the-great
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:55:00.231Z

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name: "Cyrus the Great"
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description: "He built the largest empire the world had yet seen, then freed the Jews from Babylon and bankrolled their temple — earning the only \"messiah\" title in the Hebrew Bible ever given to a non-Jew. His policy was conquest by tolerance, not terror."
tagline: "Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (559–529 BC)"
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deathDate: "-530"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Cyrus II rose from Persis around 600 BC, toppled the Median Empire, and launched the Achaemenid dynasty across West and Central Asia. He absorbed Lydia, then took Neo-Babylonian territories — Anatolia, the Fertile Crescent — before pushing deep into Central Asia, where his armies subjugated every nation they met. He died in December 530 BC, likely in battle with the Massagetae along the Syr Darya, though one Greek account has him returning home to Pasargadae. What set him apart was method: he let conquered peoples keep their customs and gods. After taking Babylon he issued the Edict of Restoration, repatriating displaced Jews to Judah and funding the Second Temple where Solomon's had stood. Greeks knew him as Cyrus the Elder; his administrative model — satraps answering to a central authority — became the template for Persian rule, and his legacy shaped Iranian identity for a millennium. His tomb at Pasargadae still draws pilgrims.