History of Persia: Cyrus the Great

<body background="snd.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#408080" leftmagin="20"> <h1 align="center"><font color="#000000" size="7">Persian History</font></h1> <h2 align="center"><font color="#000000" size="6"><strong>King Cyrus the Great<br> </font><font color="#000000" size="3">in Sydney, Australia</strong></font></h2> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">This is a replica of a Bas-Relief found in Pasargade, the capital city of Persia founded by Cyrus.the Great It depicts King Cyrus   ( 580-529 BC).</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">He was the first Achaemenian Emperor of Persia, who issued a decree on his aims and policies, later hailed as his charter of the rights of nations. Inscribed on a clay cylinder, this is known to be the first historical declaration of Human Rights, and is now kept at the British Museum. A replica of this is also at the United Nations in New York.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">The Bas-relief of Cyrus shown here by Lewis Batros, a Sydney Artist, was put up at Sydney's Bicentennial Park, October 1994, through the efforts of the Australian Iranian community with donations from all over the world and contributions from the local Government..</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">It symbolizes Multiculturalism, a word coined to express the coexistence and peaceful cohabitation of peoples from different background and culture in one land. A doctrine which is the foundation of advanced societies especially in Australia and the USA and which was also Cyrus' Claim to fame.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">At a time when Iran bashing was the rule and the norm, this gesture by the New South Wales Government was seen as a welcoming sign by the Iranian community and the event has since been annually remembered during the Mehregan Festival in September.</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Please visit the other pages at this site for a more detailed account of Persian history.and king Cyrus the Great. Make a bookmark to come back, and thank you so much for visiting, I hope that your experience has been a good one.</font></p> <p align="center"><strong><font size="3" face="Arial">This site uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</font></strong></p> <p align="center">  You can go to the site <a href="index.html#Topics:"><strong>Cyrus main page</strong></a>, and follow the instructions, or</p> <p align="center">You can download free Netscape or MS Internet Explorer and then come back.</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> <u>for any other problebms email the <a href="mailto:cyrus@oznetnet">webmaster</a> </u></p> <hr> <p align="center"><strong><u><font color="#000000">Copyright © Nader Seif 1997, All rights reserved, <br> <a name="Email:">Email:</font></a> <a href="mailto:kourosh@oznet.net">The Cyrus Webmaster</u></strong></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> </body>