Field of Glory II: Rise of Persia is a DLC of the strategy simulation game from Byzantine Games. This expansion extends Field of Glory II back to 681 BC, and allows players to experience the last flowering of chariot warfare in the ancient near-East. It chronicles the decline and fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the rise of the Median and Babylonian Empires, and the conquest of these and the Lydian and Egyptian Kingdoms by the Achaemenid Persians.
In 553 Cyrus II the Great, King of the small Persian Kingdom of Anshan in the Persian Gulf, revolted against his overlord and grandfather, the Median King Astyages, and took over the Median Empire, which thus became the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He conquered Lydia in 546 and Babylon in 539.
The game features 4 new historically-based campaigns – Ashurbanipal, Fall of Assyria, Nebuchadnezzar II, and Rise of Persia. If you get stuck in the game, check out the video walkthrough and gameplay for the game.