Show 56 Kings Of Kings

“The excerpt discusses the old Hebrew Bible, its accounts, and the historical context surrounding its writing, particularly regarding the Persians.”

“The excerpt mentions the Book of Daniel, specifically a spooky story involving a ghostly hand writing on a wall.”

“The excerpt mentions the Iliad as an example of ancient storytelling that predates written prose history.”

“The excerpt references Gilgamesh as a story from Mesopotamian history that was likely told for hundreds of years before being written down.”

“The excerpt mentions Beowulf as another ancient story that was likely compiled and written down after being told for generations.”

“The excerpt references Pierre Breon's book, which is a detailed historical account of Cyrus and the ancient Persian empire.”

“The Assyrian army of the 8th century BCE was comprised of at least 150,000 to 200,000 men, and was the largest standing military force that the Middle East had witnessed to this time.”

“One of Herodotus' best stories is about the rise of Cyrus, and he provides insights into the events and the worldview of his time.”

“Historian Will Durant tries to tie the downfall of the meads to their moral degeneration and the fact that they were sort of Nouveau-Riche, he writes about their rapid degeneration compared to their rise.”

“Reza Sargami has an interesting take on something that the Babylonian king did as part of the fighting with Cyrus for Babylon.”

“This is from Pierre Brianne's book from Cyrus to Alexander but it's the translation from the bible that he uses in the same way that the cyrus cylinder says the babylonian god marduk took cyrus's hand.”

“The book I had that places Cyrus is one of the top most 100 influential people of all time says that that's one of the things maybe you credit him with.”

“How about letting historian A.T. Olmstead in a book published in 1948 say it?”