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The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires and Cyrus the Great

Tides of History

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Matt Waters is professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. He has worked extensively on Assyria, Babylonia, and especially Persia. The succession of empires that led from Assyria to Persia played a fundamental role in shaping the lives of millions of people for centuries.

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