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In the eighth century BCE, the ___________ established the state that Cyrus would later overthrow to create the Persian Empire.

Hittites

Iranians

Medes

Arabs

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Answer:

medes

Explanation:

Around 550 BCE, Cyrus II of Persia, who became known as Cyrus the Great, rose in rebellion against the Median Empire, eventually conquering the Medes to create the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire.