Gad Barnea

It had not just conquered an area that is greater than the Roman Empire at its greatest extent, by the way, a huge area from India all the way to Greece or to Macedonia and to parts of the Ukraine, and to Egypt and Libya today. So it's a huge, absolutely huge area that they controlled and administered very, very effectively.

It had not just conquered an area that is greater than the Roman Empire at its greatest extent, by the way, a huge area from India all the way to Greece or to Macedonia and to parts of the Ukraine, and to Egypt and Libya today. So it's a huge, absolutely huge area that they controlled and administered very, very effectively.

It had not just conquered an area that is greater than the Roman Empire at its greatest extent, by the way, a huge area from India all the way to Greece or to Macedonia and to parts of the Ukraine, and to Egypt and Libya today. So it's a huge, absolutely huge area that they controlled and administered very, very effectively.

And they controlled it with, I mean, also with an ideology of how to rule these peoples. So it was something that the world has never seen and it impacted everything. The Greek world, it impacted Greek philosophy, it impacted the Egyptians, of course, the Jews as well. It really, the impact of the Achaemenid Empire is with us to this day in many ways.

And they controlled it with, I mean, also with an ideology of how to rule these peoples. So it was something that the world has never seen and it impacted everything. The Greek world, it impacted Greek philosophy, it impacted the Egyptians, of course, the Jews as well. It really, the impact of the Achaemenid Empire is with us to this day in many ways.

And they controlled it with, I mean, also with an ideology of how to rule these peoples. So it was something that the world has never seen and it impacted everything. The Greek world, it impacted Greek philosophy, it impacted the Egyptians, of course, the Jews as well. It really, the impact of the Achaemenid Empire is with us to this day in many ways.

And when did that empire start, the Achaemenid?

And when did that empire start, the Achaemenid?

And when did that empire start, the Achaemenid?

A Camelid Empire, roughly around 550, depending on how you look at it. But some people date it from the fall of Babylon to Cyrus, but really the ascension of Cyrus around 550 BCE. And then up to Alexander the Great that destroyed, kind of took over Cyprus.

A Camelid Empire, roughly around 550, depending on how you look at it. But some people date it from the fall of Babylon to Cyrus, but really the ascension of Cyrus around 550 BCE. And then up to Alexander the Great that destroyed, kind of took over Cyprus.

A Camelid Empire, roughly around 550, depending on how you look at it. But some people date it from the fall of Babylon to Cyrus, but really the ascension of Cyrus around 550 BCE. And then up to Alexander the Great that destroyed, kind of took over Cyprus.

So all that pink. Well, yeah, and more. I mean, even all the way to India.

So all that pink. Well, yeah, and more. I mean, even all the way to India.

So all that pink. Well, yeah, and more. I mean, even all the way to India.

Yeah, this actually shows you the different stages. So the Aryan pink is just what Cyrus, the first campaign or the first phase of Cyrus all the way up to Turkey, to modern Turkey. And then he went down to conquer Babylon. And, yeah, so – and then, of course, his dynasty continued after that. Very complicated picture in reality.

Yeah, this actually shows you the different stages. So the Aryan pink is just what Cyrus, the first campaign or the first phase of Cyrus all the way up to Turkey, to modern Turkey. And then he went down to conquer Babylon. And, yeah, so – and then, of course, his dynasty continued after that. Very complicated picture in reality.

Yeah, this actually shows you the different stages. So the Aryan pink is just what Cyrus, the first campaign or the first phase of Cyrus all the way up to Turkey, to modern Turkey. And then he went down to conquer Babylon. And, yeah, so – and then, of course, his dynasty continued after that. Very complicated picture in reality.

But Cyrus was the one to conquer this from the Medes, the Median Empire, which was there for a short while, and then conquered Babylon. Okay. And through Babylon, of course, he conquered, he took over what was already the Neo-Babylonian Empire before him. And so that included Palestine. And yeah, he was the first to kind of consolidate the first phase of this empire.

But Cyrus was the one to conquer this from the Medes, the Median Empire, which was there for a short while, and then conquered Babylon. Okay. And through Babylon, of course, he conquered, he took over what was already the Neo-Babylonian Empire before him. And so that included Palestine. And yeah, he was the first to kind of consolidate the first phase of this empire.