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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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 -
and he conquers his fellow Aryans,而他在约公元前550年时 -
the Medes in about 550,征服了他的同胞雅利安人 即米提亚人 -
and very swiftly之后势如破竹 -
conquers Babylonia,Armenia,Syria,连下巴比伦尼亚 亚美尼亚 叙利亚 -
Cappadocia,还有卡帕多西亚 -
which is another kingdom in central Asia Minor,那是小亚细亚中部的另一个王国