Cyropolis
Ancient Achaemenid city in Central Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the ancient town of Media Atropatene, see Cyropolis (Media Atropatene).
Cyreschata (Old Persian: Kuruškaθa),[4][5] better known by its Latin name Cyropolis (Greek: Κυρούπολις or Κύρου πόλις, Kyroúpolis),[6] both meaning "City of Cyrus", was an ancient city founded by Cyrus the Great to mark the northeastern border of his Achaemenid Empire.