来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第13集 第13集》
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the Kingdom of Babylonia,巴比伦王国 -
which is the most powerful one in the Tigris Euphrates Valley,那可是两河流域最强大的帝国 -
what is now Iraq,即今天的伊拉克地区 -
the Kingdom of Lydia occupying还有吕底亚王国 -
sort of the western portion of Asia Minor,雄踞小亚细亚西部 -
excluding at first the coast,which was occupied by Greeks,其领土包括一段本属于希腊的海岸线 -
but which the Lydians then conquered the Greeks in the 540s--而后在公元前540年被吕底亚占领 -
that's the picture.这就是当时的情况 -
Then there is the people of Persia,然后才轮得到波斯人民 -
the Persians themselves who are of not much account.波斯人在当时是无足轻重的 -
But when Cyrus becomes King in 559但当公元前559年居鲁士登基时 -
he is a member of the dynasty which is the Achaemenid Dynasty,他是阿契美尼德王朝的一员