Note the states that were conquered by the Persian king Cyrus the Great.

During the reign of Cyrus the Great, the heyday of the power of the Persian state began. Beginning in 550 BC, he conducted his conquests in the east. So during the years of his reign, the lands were annexed to the state: Lydia, Ionia, Babylon, Syria, Palestine and other lands of Central Asia. In 530 BC, Cyrus with his army went on a campaign against the tribes of the Sakas. True, he failed and his army was defeated. Cyrus himself was captured and executed.