. . er by the conquest of Cyrus, who iscelebrated both in profane and sacred history. Cyruswas the son of a Persian nobleman, and married thedaughter of the king of the Medes, and by this meansPersia and Media became one kingdom. He conqueredthe Lydians^ made himself master of Sardis, their caj)-ital, and took prisoner their king Crasus, so celebratedfor his vast riches. He conquered Babylon and sub-jected the greatest part of Asia Minor, and made him-self master of Syria and Arabia. Cyrus was a great 39. What is said of the early hi
. . er by the conquest of Cyrus, who iscelebrated both in profane and sacred history. Cyruswas the son of a Persian nobleman, and married thedaughter of the king of the Medes, and by this meansPersia and Media became one kingdom. He conqueredthe Lydians^ made himself master of Sardis, their caj)-ital, and took prisoner their king Crasus, so celebratedfor his vast riches. He conquered Babylon and sub-jected the greatest part of Asia Minor, and made him-self master of Syria and Arabia. Cyrus was a great 39. What is said of the early history of the Persians ] Whatis said of Gyrus! Of Persia and Media] Relate the con-quests of Cyrus. How long did the Persian Empire continue IHow was it ended ? ANCIENT HISTORY 37 and virtuous king ; he spent the last part of his life inregulating his vast conquests, being beloved not onlyby his own natural subjects, but those of the conquerednations. The Persian Empire continued for two hun-dred years, when it was ended by the conquests the Persians Worsfiiping tfie Sun. 40. Religion of the Persians. The religion of theancient Persians was of great antiquity. Zoroaster wasthe founder of the sect of the Magi, in the eastern world,and particularly in Persia. This set adored the sun,and paid great veneration to fire; hence they were calledfire worshipers. The keeping of the sacred fire was en-trusted to the Magi, and it was always carried beforetheir kings in all their marches, with the greatest re-spect, and it would have been deemed the greatest mis-fortune, had it been suffered to go out. In their tenets,they believed there were two principles in existence,one the cause of all good, the other the cause of all evil,and that there is a perpetual struggle between them,which will last to the end of the world. The priests ofthe Magi were deeply skilled in astronomy, and all thelearning of the age in which they lived. They were somuch superior in knowledge to the
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