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The most powerful leader in Persia in the sixth century B.C

  1. Cyrus

  2. Sappho

  3. Sophocles

  4. Shih-Hwang Ti

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Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II) founded the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire, and ruled in the 6th century BC. He is known for his military conquests and benevolent governance style. Sappho was a Greek poet, Sophocles a Greek playwright, and Shih-Hwang Ti a Chinese emperor - none were Persian rulers.

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