The Persians are a pro civ, meaning that you start at level 20 with a decent selection of level 20 uncommon gear.
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| The Persian shield in AoEO. |
The various Cyprus quests open up to you at some point, perhaps after completing Defence of Arsinoe which is one of those milestone quests which pop up in the home cities of each civ at a certain level (around high level 20s, can't remember exactly).
The key feature of a pro civ - you don't have any additional cities with other unique quests, what I mention above is pretty much it.
Just open the book to read more.
