Cyrus the Great and the Rise of the Persian Empire

Touraj Daryaee, Howard C. Baskerville Professor in the History of Iran and the Persianate World and the Associate Director of the Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture at the University of California, Irvine, gives a talk to teachers about Cyrus the Great in conjunction with the Cyrus Cylinder exhibition at the Asian Art Museum (on view from August 9-September 22, 2013).

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uu7S_Aj0W8