Fund Drive Special – Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World

KPFA - Letters and Politics

English - May 21, 2019 10:00 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 232 ratings
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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: Reza Zarghamee is and environmental lawyer and history author. He is the author of acclaimed book Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World (Iran’s Age of Empire).
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