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 486 History of Art in Antiquity. although the dynasty which began with Cyrus succeeded in starting into being a style of architecture and sculpture by no means de- ficient in originality, the inventive movement to which these bore witness did not extend to minor arts. Industry was scarcely affected by the change royalty had ushered in. It continued to woric and produce until the Macedonian conquest, in pretty much the same spirit and the same conditions as of old under the rule of the Assyrian, Mede, and Chaldaean lords of Asia. kju.^Lo Google