…thought: wouldn't it be a good idea to conquer Persia? Persia was the superpower of the 7th century BC. The Persian emperor Cyrus had forged a mighty empire by combining two different peoples the persians and the medes. So Croesus had some degree of…

…the priestess, if he had been well advised he should have sent and inquired again whether it was his own empire or that of Cyrus that was spoken of. But Croesus did not understand what was said, nor did he ask questions again, and so he has no one…