Cyrus the Great
Facts
28 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- 600 BC
- Date of death
- 530 BC
- Place of birth
- Anshan Persia
- Place of death
- Syr Darya
- Country of citizenship
- Achaemenid Empire, Anshan Persia[20][21]
- Occupation
- sovereign, military leader, founder, monarch
- Position held
- Great King, King of Kings[22][23]
- Father
- Cambyses I[10]
- Mother
- Mandane of Media[11]
- Spouse
- Cassandane, Amytis, Neithiyti[12][13][14]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Old Persian, Babylonian, Elamite[48][49][50]
- Described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5, The New Student's Reference Work, Pauly–Wissowa[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
- Different from
- Darius the Mede
- Family
- Achaemenid dynasty[26]
- Manner of death
- death in battle[37]
- Military casualty classification
- killed in action[46]
- Name in native language
- 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁
- Noble title
- King of Media, King of Kings, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Universe, Great King, King of the Four Corners[27][28][29][30][31][32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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- Place of burial
- Tomb of Cyrus the Great[9]
- Present in work
- Bible, Cyropaedia, Cyrus the Great in the Quran, Civilization VI, Book of Ezra, Isaiah, Second Book of Chronicles, Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi
- Replaced by
- Cambyses II[47]
- Said to be the same as
- Dhul-Qarnayn, Kay Bahman, Cyrus the Great in the Bible[33][34][35]
- ISNI
- 0000000437560028
- VIAF cluster ID
- 2157523175.5B (311.1M–588144647700.0B, n=8)
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n50070141
- GND ID
- 118568426
- American Academy in Rome ID
- 12378286
- Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
- 151059358
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
- kyras-ii-didysis
- BBC Things ID
- 1efeb421-96a2-4bb8-9130-c0e07dfe7085
- BHCL UUID
- 069ff67f-d90b-4a19-abf0-861c6d55748a
- BVMC person ID
- 10841
- BabelNet ID
- 00024879n
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12098590d
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- Biblissima authority ID
- Soultz-les-Bains
- British Museum person or institution ID
- 142470
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- kyros-kyros-ii
- CANTIC ID
- 981058619310706706
- CCAB ID
- 000066464
- CERL Thesaurus ID
- cnp00556607
- Canadiana Name Authority ID
- ncf12147338
- Collective Biographies of Women ID
- 18769
- Comic Vine ID
- 4005-2683
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 118568426
- De Agostini ID
- Ciro+II
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 118568426
- Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
- 118568426
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
- 100959
- Encyclopedia of China (Second Edition) ID
- 212977
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
- 5PWkY
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
- 89620
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
- biography/Cyrus-II, biography/Cyrus-the-Great
- Encyclopædia Universalis ID
- cyrus-le-grand, conquetes-de-cyrus-ii-le-grand-reperes-chronologiques
- FAST ID
- 1814703
- FES digital collections entity ID
- 404817
- FactGrid item ID
- BJV
- Find a Grave memorial ID
- 12077
- Freebase ID
- /m/03d0c1
- Genealogics.org person ID
- I00736402
- Geni profile ID
- 6000000003897579982
- Goodreads character ID
- 56515
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
- cir-ii-de-persia
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
- 0017827
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
- Kyros_2_den_store, Kyros_2._den_store
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
- 2065854
- Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
- person/905703083622
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
- 31567
- IdRef ID
- 029338476
- Interlingual Index ID
- i94843
- IxTheo authority ID
- 079364713
- J9U entity ID
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- Jewish Encyclopedia Daat ID
- 1066
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID
- 4828
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)
- 12085
- Jewish Virtual Library ID
- cyrus
- KSW person ID
- 53303
- Krugosvet article (archived)
- istoriya/KIR_VELIKI.html
- LBT person ID
- Cyrus529
- Lex ID
- Kyros_2._den_Store
- Libraries Australia ID
- 61539248
- Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
- 06232/eu_z_1557/z1557
- Museum-digital person/organization ID
- 61012
- Münzkabinett ID
- person/8678
- NE.se ID
- kyros-ii
- NL CR AUT ID
- jn20000700985
- NLP ID
- a0000001187244
- NNDB people ID
- 158/000092879
- National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
- person/3AD883D5-6F62-46C6-B581-72E489557D91
- National Library of Brazil ID
- 000182739
- National Library of Chile ID
- 000848070
- National Library of Greece ID
- 46305
- National Library of Iceland ID
- 000055027
- National Library of Ireland ID
- vtls001134156
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000036197
- National Library of Latvia ID
- 000103489
- National Library of Lithuania ID
- LNB:0x2;=BQ
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810530224305606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
- XX916985
- National Library of Wales Authority ID
- cyrus-king-of-persia-d-529-b-c
- National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
- mp88661
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 07326511X
- Nomisma ID
- cyrus_persia
- Numista ruling authority ID
- 2305
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3888844
- Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
- 1840129
- Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
- 1994
- PACTOLS thesaurus ID
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- PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID
- 146469
- Personality Database profile ID
- 772
- Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
- 464116
- Proleksis enciklopedija ID
- 31170
- Provenio UUID
- 7e191ea9-11df-46dd-9898-fed71f8b458e
- Quora topic ID
- King-Cyrus-of-Persia-The-Great, Cyrus-of-Persia-historical-figure
- Rodovid ID
- 95780
- SAIA authority ID
- 5a1d4d054ab9d081344d34c0, 5a1d4d054ab9d081344d33ea, 5a1d4d054ab9d081344d36e8
- SVKKL authority ID
- 0435479-Kyros-Starsi-530-pr-Kr
- Sandrart.net person ID
- 2919
- Svenska Institutet i Rom ID
- 37173
- Topic's main category
- Category:Cyrus the Great
- ToposText person ID
- 27
- Trading Card Database name ID
- 177412
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
- ciro-il-vecchio
- UOM ID
- 86690
- Union List of Artist Names ID
- 500354805
- Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
- 173050
- University of Barcelona authority ID
- 981058619310706706
- University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
- a1166095
- Vatican Library VcBA ID
- 495/13603
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- k37mpnvf
- Wolfram Language entity code
- Entity["Concept", "CyrusII::spbg8"]
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
- 10939959-n
- World History Encyclopedia ID
- Cyrus_the_Great
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PCjvhbtbKGYP96JMfBj9rWP, E39PCjx4d4m6wg4pjFTBDHHJym
- Yale LUX ID
- person/291e7165-9ce1-4191-a0c3-9392477b2e16
Present in work 7
Child 5
Noble title 5
← Characters 5
Described by source 4
Occupation 4
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Languages spoken, written or signed 3
Named after 3
Country of citizenship 2
Founded entities 2
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Parent of 2
Position held 2
Said to be the same as 2
Spouse 2
Spouses 2
Works by author 2
← Commissioned by 2
← Said to be the same as 2
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Given name 1
Heads of state of 1
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Summary
Cyrus the Great was born in 600 BC[1] in Anshan Persia[2]. He died in 530 BC[3] in Syr Darya[4]. He worked as a sovereign[5], military leader[6], founder[7], and monarch[8].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Cyrus the Great include Cyropaedia[51], a literary work[52], written by Xenophon[53]; Cyrus the Great Day[54], an event[55], in Iran[56]; and Cyropolis[57], an archaeological site[58], in Tajikistan[59].
Why It Matters
Cyrus the Great has been cited as an influence by Darius the Mede[60], a human biblical figure[61].
Works attributed to him include Cyrus cylinder[62], an archaeological artefact[63], in United Kingdom[64], founded in 0539[65] and Cyrus's edict[66], a Bible story[67]. Entities named for him include Cyropaedia[51], a literary work[52], written by Xenophon[53]; Cyrus the Great Day[54], an event[55], in Iran[56]; and Cyropolis[57], an archaeological site[58], in Tajikistan[59].
FAQs
Where was Cyrus the Great born?
Cyrus the Great's place of birth was Anshan Persia[2].
Where did Cyrus the Great die?
Cyrus the Great died in Syr Darya[4].
Who were Cyrus the Great's parents?
Cyrus the Great's father was Cambyses I[10]. Cyrus the Great's mother was Mandane of Media[11].
Who was Cyrus the Great married to?
Cyrus the Great's spouses include Cassandane[12], Amytis[13], and Neithiyti[14].
What did Cyrus the Great do for work?
Cyrus the Great worked as a sovereign[5], military leader[6], founder[7], and monarch[8].
Who did Cyrus the Great influence?
Cyrus the Great has been cited as an influence by Darius the Mede[60].