Contextualization: Cyrus the Great and King Ashoka left remarkable legacies as rulers of their time. In the beginning, of the 3rd century BCE, King Ashoka focused on expanding his empire through military conquest. However, when he witnessed the atrocities of war, he converted to Buddhism and adopted the Buddhist principles that he implemented in his empire, King Ashoka took the initiative to build monasteries and played a crucial role in spreading Buddhism throughout India. Cyrus the Great ruled the Persian Empire, in the 6th century BCE, Cyrus unified the divided provinces of the Perian Empire and united them all under the Achaemenid Empire through a systematic and strategic government.
Thesis: Although both King Ashoka and Cyrus the Great
