We continue our series of conversations on the ancient world by looking East and the first global empire of Persia. The first ruler Cyrus the Great, brought by conquest or gentler mean a dominion stretching from the Aegean Sea to the Hindu Kush and encompassing some tens of millions of people. Acclaimed for ruling with a light hand in an efficient and benign fashion and introducing chivalry to warfare. It is believed that Cyrus the Great produced the “Cyrus Cylinder”, the first human rights bill which portrays a very modern way of ruling with pluralism and tolerance at its core.
Guest: iscovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Iran’s Age of Empire).
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