On the Iranian plateau in the 7th century BC, there lived two tribes with the same language and race, namely, Miti and Persia. The Medes first became strong, established a country, and together with the new kingdom of Babylon in 6 12 BC, destroyed the once powerful Assyrian empire, and Persia became its vassal.
When the king of the Medes, Astiagus, was enjoying the supreme authority as the king of a great country, he was suddenly shocked by a nightmare: he married the daughter of a Persian leader and would give birth to an Asian overlord, who would seize his throne and destroy his country. Soon, his daughter gave birth to a baby boy, Ju Lushi. Astyages ordered his men to put Ju Lushi to death, but he escaped great trouble under the protection of a pair of shepherd slaves, and was raised by the couple until he returned to the post of Persian successor leader.
This legendary story, which is more legendary than the legendary novel, comes from the generous Sidorod. Although its authenticity is questionable, it has been closely combined with the image of Ju Lushi by future generations. In 559 BC, Ju Lushi became the leader of Persia and unified the Persian 10 tribes. The newly unified tribal alliance is usually extremely expansionary, especially under the leadership of an outstanding leader. Ju Lushi's first attack was on his grandfather's country. After three years of war, with the coordination of Harper Goss, the minister of the Medes, the capital of the Medes fell in 550 BC, which was regarded as the founding year of the Persian Empire in history. In the following years, Ju Lushi conquered Elam, Parthia, America and other small countries. At that time, in addition to the Medes, there were two great countries with a high degree of civilization in West Asia: New Babylon in the two river basins and Lydia in Asia Minor. The rise of Persia broke the balance of power in West Asia, which made King Cloisonne of Lydia feel very uncomfortable. He wooed a number of allies, including cities in Asia Minor and Sparta city-states in Greece, and decided to "teach" Persia, an upstart in his eyes, with Egypt on his side. In 547 BC, Cloisonne led an army to attack Capadocia in Persia, and Ju Lushi sent troops to rescue it, forcing Cloisonne to retreat when there was a general plan in Persia.
In this case, Ju Lushi made a bold decision, from defense to attack, without giving each other a chance to breathe, reaching the heart of Lydia. During the attack, Ju Lushi provided a secret weapon, the camel army. Because horses were afraid of camels, Lydia's cavalry soon collapsed and was forced to fight infantry. Persian troops invaded Sardis, the capital of Lydia, destroyed this so-called martial country, and took advantage of the situation to destroy the Greek city-state of Asia Minor allied with Lydia.
Since then, Ju Lushi has turned to the east and conquered southern Central Asia, including today's Afghanistan. In 539 BC, Ju Lushi pointed the finger at the new Babylonian kingdom. The two river basins are the most economically and culturally developed places in West Asia, and they were also the famous "granaries" at that time. However, its people are weak and dare not fight, and the number of invasions by neighboring countries in history far exceeds its outward expansion. If the war with Lydia is full of adventure and blood, then the war with the new kingdom of Babylon went unexpectedly smoothly, with the green light all the way, and soon occupied the famous city of Babylon. The eastern Mediterranean region also joined the Persian Empire. Ju Lushi then moved the capital of the Persian Empire to Babylon, the most prosperous city in the world at that time, and became the king of the universe. Facing the Persian Empire established in a short time, Ju Lushi did not impose his own personal will and desire on the conquered areas too much. Compared with the Assyrian Empire before him and Nebuchadnezzar in new Babylon, he was really tolerant. He practiced a loose policy of autonomy in the conquered areas. In addition to the supreme ruling privilege of the Persian Empire, the old laws and ruling machines were retained everywhere, and the nobles of Medea, Lydia and Babylon still retained their original privileges. Religiously, wherever he went, he went to local temples to offer sacrifices to appease the sacrificial nobles and protect their privileges. His most widely celebrated story is to let the Jews forcibly moved to Babylon by the new kingdom of Babylon return to their homes and support them to rebuild the destroyed Jewish temple in Jerusalem, so he is called "the tool of God" by the Bible. Ju Lushi's local tolerance policy, backed by powerful force, became the guiding ideology for the establishment of the Persian Empire and was carried out by his successors, which made this seemingly loose and unstable military-political complex last for more than 200 years.
Ju Lushi is used to life on horseback and enjoys it. Even in his sixties, he is still full of courage. He may be ready to attack Egypt, but in order to avoid fighting on the east and west fronts at the same time, he must first remove the threat of nomadic tribes in Central Asia. In 530 BC, Ju Lushi led an army to attack the Masagetai tribe in the grassland on the east coast of the Caspian Sea, and it began to go smoothly, capturing and killing Prince Masagetai. However, the decisive battle with Masagatai's main force was extremely tragic. The Masagatai, who dominated the host country, won the final victory. Persia was almost wiped out, and Ju Lushi was killed. His head was cut off by Queen Masagatai and put in a leather bag full of blood. According to the traditional view of China, Ju Lushi "died a natural death", but for a tireless soldier, the death of Marco Polo is the highest reward for his life.
The expansion of the Persian Empire has become an irresistible historical trend, which reached its peak in the hands of Ju Lushi's successors Cambyses, Darius and Xue Xisi, and completely changed the political structure of the ancient world. The rise of the Persian Empire has another historical significance, that is, it has established the rule of Indo-European ethnic groups in the Middle East, and other ethnic groups, such as the once brilliant Semites, have to accept the rule of Indo-Europeans for 12 centuries.
As the first great empire with world significance in history, every system of Persian Empire is of great significance to later generations, which is also the reason why Ju Lushi occupies a prominent position in "100 list of emperors who have influenced the world". However, the Persian Empire, as a political and military entity, has long since ceased to exist in the world, and its system with great influence on later generations was mainly established by Darius I, which is also the reason why Ju Lushi ranked behind Darius in the ranking of 100 emperors that influenced the world. However, in the ranking of 100 celebrities who influenced the course of human history, Ju Lushi ranked 86th, while Darius failed to make the list.