Once settlers arrived at the new homestead, how might they have replenished their supplies?

byzantine empire is the answer i think you are looking for.

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in 550 b.c.e. cyrus the great, the leader of the persians, conquered the medes and united the iranian people under one ruler for the first time. cyrus became the first king of the persian empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.

you really can't answer this on your own?