How Cyrus the Great Built the Persian Empire - Battle of Thymbra 547 BC

???? Head to https://betterhelp.com/historymarche to get 10% off your first month with our paid partner, BetterHelp. ???? Therapy can be a meaningful space to reflect, grow, and create positive change in your life. ???? Subscribe for more history ???? Related videos: Thermopylae, 480 BC: https://youtu.be/Lgs5R1jhiiM Salamis, 480 BC: https://youtu.be/-FH6OtMG5wg Plataea, 479 BC: https://youtu.be/SljdNpPh9Ac ???? Narrated by David McCallion ???? Music: EpidemicSound Filmstro Kevin MacLeod ???? Sources and Citations: Histories, Book 1 (Croesus & Cyrus). Herodotus: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2707/2707-h/2707-h.htm The History of Cyrus the Great, by Jacob Abbott. New York. Harper and Brothers Publishers. From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire, by Pierre Briant. Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War by Dr Kaveh Farrokh. Nabonidus Chronicle: https://www.livius.org/sources/content/mesopotamian-chronicles-content/abc-7-nabonidus-chronicle/ Cyropaedia. Xenophon: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2085/2085-h/2085-h.htm ‘The Campaign of Croesus Against Ephesus: Historical & Archaeological Considerations’ by Kevin Leloux. The History of Antiquity (1877-82) Volume V, by Max Duncker. #history #persia #documentary