The Persians had been part of the Median empire, he took it over and made the Medes his partner in establishing the Persian Empire through the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Persian empire began when Cyrus the Great led a revolt against the Medes.
Cyrus II (a.k.a. Cyrus the Great)
Cyrus the Great allied the Persians and Medes and used the combined power to takeover the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires.
The Persians and the Medes, under King Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great was noted for his compassion rather than his warrior self. He started off uniting the Medes with Lydians.
The Persian empire began when Cyrus the Great led a revolt against the Medes.
Cyrus II (a.k.a. Cyrus the Great)
king Cyrus was the ruler who united the Persians into a powerful kingdom
Cyrus the Great allied the Persians and Medes and used the combined power to takeover the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires.
The Persians and the Medes, under King Cyrus the Great.
Cyrus the Great was noted for his compassion rather than his warrior self. He started off uniting the Medes with Lydians.
Cyrus the Great dominated the Medes, and the combined power launched the spread of the Persians into their own empire.
612 b.C
KING CYRUS THE GREAT brought Persia onto the global scene by defeating the Medes and incorporating them into a Greater Persia.
Cyrus the Great led the Persians, then subject to the Medes, into dominating them, and with this combined strength took over the Babylonian Empire and turned this into an empire of his own.
The Chaldeans and The Medes joined forces to fight The Assyrians.
Cyrus the Great, who founded and ruled the Achaemenid Empire, was the one who unified the Medes and the Persians. He established his kingdom by uniting these two original Iranian Tribes.