In 525 BCE, the Persian army crossed into Egypt, in what seems to have been the culmination of years of antagonism between the the new empire and the last great kingdom of the Near East. To accomplish his task, the new King of Kings, Cambyses, mustered all his resources. He assembled a huge land army, constructed Persia's first navy, and formed alliances from the Greek islands in the Aegean to tribal kings in Arabia. Over the following three years, he established and consolidated Persian rule over the kingdom of the two lands, bringing one of the oldest civilizations in the world under Persian domination.
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Episode 46: The Persian Emperor
Episode 45: Xerxes Porphyrogennetos
Episode 44: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Episode 43: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Episode 42: Darius the Shopkeeper
Episode 41: The Greatest
Episode 40: Heiresses of the Empire
Episode 39: Rise of Achaemeneis
Episode 38: The Last Battle
Episode 37: Greece Awakens
Episode 36: Return of the Tyrannoi
Episode 35: The Empire Strikes Back
Episode 34: A New Fleet
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Episode 33: Revenge of the Persians
Episode 32: Begun, the Greek Wars Have
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