<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"
	xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
	xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"
	xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
	>
<url><loc>https://kamaustine.com/2026/06/11/cyruss-conquests-how-persia-became-an-empire/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Kam Austine</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-11T06:58:52+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Cyrus&#8217;s Conquests: How Persia Became an Empire</news:title><news:keywords>babylon, Achaemenid Empire, Lydia, Croesus, Cyrus the Great, Sardis, Ecbatana, Ancient Iran, Central Asia, Persian Kings, Ancient Persia, Cyrus II, Cyrus Cylinder, Ancient Near East, Rise of the Persian Empire, Persian Conquests, Media, Persian Expansion, Imperial History, Persian Military History</news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://kamaustine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cyrus-the-great.png?w=126</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>
