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...Small King. The great King would have been a fascinating subject for any historian. Xenophon himself, though he had no direct knowledge of the man. fashioned an Education of Cyrus (Cyropaedia], which many students of the art rank as the world's first historical novel. Cyrus' name meant "shepherd." and his father was Cambyses. "the small King of the Persians' who ruled the Three Tribes living around the settlement called Parsagard, about 250 miles west of the Persian Gulf. Under Cambyses, the Persians were a peaceable lot. They kept few slaves, dutifully paid tribute to Astyages...
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