What leader began the persian empire along the northern coast of the persian golf

The Persian Empire was formed under Cyrus the Great, who took over the empire of the Medes, and conquered much of the middle east. Therefore, your answer is Cyrus the Great. Have a lovely study :D

The second , larger puritan colony of massachusetts bay was conceived as a "city upon a hill". but it also struggled with internal turmoil like the salem witch trials and external conflicts like king philip's (metacom's) war.