The

Persian empire stretched over most of the known world by the death of its great

king Cyrus, yet its’ might was only just beginning. Under the command of his

son Cambyses II, the Egyptian civilization would be conquered, and although a

rebellion would soon take hold Persia’s might was only starting to reveal

itself. It was during the reign of Darius the great that the political body

universally agreed upon as the ancient world’s most vast empire would achieve

its full strength, and redirect the fate of the western world forever