. Olmstead, A. T. (1948). History of the Persian Empire [Achaemenid Period]. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Palou, Christine; Palou, Jean (1962). La Perse Antique. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. Further reading Amelie Kuhrt: Ancient Near Eastern History: The Case of Cyrus the Great of Persia. In: Hugh Godfrey Maturin Williamson: Understanding the History of Ancient Israel. Oxford University Press 2007, , pp. 107–28 External links Cyrus Cylinder Full Babylonian text of the Cyrus Cylinder as it was known in 2001; translation; brief introduction Xenophon, Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus, translated by Henry Graham Dakyns and revised by F.M. Stawell, Project Gutenberg. |- |- |- |- 600s BC births Year of birth uncertain 530 BC deaths 6th-century BC Kings of the Achaemenid Empire Kings of Anshan (Persia) 6th-century BC Babylonian kings 6th-century BC biblical rulers Book of Daniel people Book of Isaiah people Ezra–Nehemiah Founding monarchs Monarchs killed in action Kings of the Universe City founders Babylonian captivity Kings of the Lands Teispids