cyrus.exe

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - The Persian Nobody
2. Chapter Two - The First Rebellion
3. Chapter Three - Empire Upload Begins
4. Chapter Four - Babylon Falls
5. Chapter Five - The Freedom File
6. Chapter Six - Rule by Respect
7. Chapter Seven - Religious Trojan Horse
8. Chapter Eight - Death of Cyrus
9. Chapter Nine - The Persian Legacy
10. Chapter Ten - The Jewish Messiah
11. Chapter Eleven - Still Running
12. Chapter Twelve - The Empire That Felt Like Freedom

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE The Persian Nobody HE WASN’T BORN in a palace. He wasn’t born in Babylon, or Susa, or any great city. He was born in Anshan, a rugged, half-forgotten region on the edge of ancient Elam in southwestern Persia. No one feared Persia. No one cared. At the time, the Medes held the real power. Persia answered to them. They were subordinates. Useful highland people, not kings. And into this world, sometime around 600 BCE, a boy named Cyrus was born. Not a god. Not a prophet. Just Cyrus, son of Cambyses. And yet… Within his lifetime, he would be Cyrus the Great, King of the world. His early life is a myth buffet. Some say he was the son of a Median princess. Others say he was nearly...