I would guess the Mediterranean Sea.
Cyrus the Great of Persia who founded the Achaemenid Empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the early Near East which expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of the Southwest Asia, much of Central Asia and Caucasus. Under his successors, the empire stretched from parts of Balkans and Thrace-Macedonia in the west to the Indus Valley in the East.
<span>Cyrus the Great had created the largest empire the world had ever seen.
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Hope I helped:P
Unit 2 Absolutism and Revolution Lesson 5: The French Revolution
1.) D, the third estate wanted political and social reform
2.) A, a limited monarchy
3.) B, it put into practice ideals of the enlightenment
4.) C, they were imprisoned and sometimes executed
5.) A, the committee of public safety had absolute power
6.) B, natural rights
7.) A, it challenged the kings authority
8.) B, the Declaration of Independence
9.) B, it was a model for the french constitution of 1791
10.) D, to spread the revolution and destroy other monarchies
11.) C, a five man directorate with a two house elected legislature
12.) B, to include women in public offices
