Cyrus the Great:

I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, legitimate king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters of the earth.

— Cyrus the Great Ancient

Founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Cyrus Cylinder inscription

539 BCE

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