Isaiah 41:3

The way. Cyrus wrote a new chapter in Oriental history. His conquests extended from the shores of the Aegean Sea, in the west, to Parthia, the regions of the Jaxartes River, and the great steppes beyond the Caspian Sea, to the east. The rapidity and vast extent of his conquests gave him the reputation of being the greatest Oriental monarch up to his time. Such was his fame that even today his name is a household word throughout the Orient. Unlike conquerors who had preceded him, he was generous and relatively humane toward the enemies he conquered. No general before him was his equal as a strategist and a master of men.