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539 eKr vallutas ta Babüloni ja lubas juutidel Paabeli vangipõlvest koju minna. Kyros II rajas oma pealinna Pasargadae 43 kilomeetri kaugusele Persepolisest. Herodotose järgi sai ta surma lahingus massageetide vastu Kesk-Aasias. Xenophoni "Kyrose kasvatuse" järgi suri ta oma kodus. Pärast Kyros II surma sai Pärsia kuningaks tema poeg Kambyses II. (born c. 585, Media or Persis—died c. 529, Asia) Conqueror who founded the Achaemenian Empire (see Achaemenian dynasty). The grandson of Cyrus I (fl. late 7th century BC), he came to power by overthrowing his maternal grandfather, the king of the Medes. The empire he developed was thenceforth centered on Persia and included Media, Ionia, Lydia, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine. Cyrus conquered by diplomacy as well as by force. The subject of a rich legend in Persia and Greece (recorded by Xenophon and others), he was called the father of his people