Most of us have not heard of one of the bravest and most important women in history. Her name was Queen Tomyris of Massagetea. He hindered the conquests of Cyrus the Great. He lost his son to Cyrus in the war. Despite this, he challenged him to another battle to keep his kingdom free. He took revenge on his son and protected Greece from the capture of Cyrus. In this way he shaped the known world. Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Persian Empire who lived around 350 BC. He was an extraordinary conqueror who was never satisfied with his conquests. He led a group of warlike people, the Persians, from their home in what is now Iran (Jackson, 395). In Daniel chapter 5 it was a Persian army that conquered the mighty kingdom of Babylon, as foretold by the writing on the wall (Book of Daniel, “The Holy Bible” and Steele). Even Alexander the Great admired Cyrus as a general equal to himself (“Cyrus the Great”, Wikipedia). Cyrus conquered many lands including Aryavarta, Media, Anshan, Babylon, Akhad, and Sumer, and was the backbone of most of the Persian conquests (Cyrus the Great, Wikipedia). Even though he had conquered so much land, he was not happy, but he still wanted more. He was observing the land of Massagethea (Herodotus, I.205) The ruler of Massagethea was Queen Tomyris, who ascended the throne after the death of her husband, the king. His tribe was made up of nomadic Iranian herders. Its culture made weapons mainly of brass and never of silver, they did not eat grain but above all meat, and when someone became too old they offered them as sacrifices to their gods, cooked their flesh and ate it (Herodotus, I.215 and I .216). Little is known about Queen Tomyris other than her brief interaction with Cyru... middle of the paper... we're into Cyrus's bid to take over her kingdom of Massagethea. He opposed Cyrus and massacred him. His willpower in opposing Cyrus may have saved the West from being just another part of the Persian Empire. Bibliography Abbott, Jacob. Creators of history, Cyrus the Great. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. Ebook. "Book of Daniel". New King James Version of the Holy Bible. Thomas Nelson Publishers. Nashville. 1982. Herodotus, The History, George Rawlinson, trans., (New York: Dutton & Co., 1862). Ebook.Jackson,Guide. Women rulers throughout the centuries. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 1999. Ebook.Steele, Andrew. “Personal interview”. St. Louis, Missouri. November 23, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the _Great. Electronic. Access date 24 November 2013.Xenophon. Cyropedia. Trans. Henry Dakyns. Project Gutenberg. 2011. Electronic book