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The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire[ 16] also known as the Persian Empire[ 16] or First Persian Empire[ 17] ( / əˈkiːmənɪd /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 18] or 'The Kingdom' [ 19] ), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran ...
The Iranian Empire began in the Iron Age with the rise of the Medes, who unified Iran as a nation and empire in 625 BC. [3] The Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), founded by Cyrus the Great , was the largest empire the world had seen, spanning from the Balkans to North Africa and Central Asia .
The Parthian Empire ( / ˈpɑːrθiən / ), also known as the Arsacid Empire ( / ˈɑːrsəsɪd / ), [ 12] was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. [ 13] Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, [ 14] who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia [ 15] in Iran 's ...
The Iranian Empire began in the Iron Age with the rise of the Medes, who unified Iran as a nation and empire in 625 BC. [34] The Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC), founded by Cyrus the Great, was the largest empire the world had seen, spanning from the Balkans to North Africa and Central Asia.
Russo-Persian War (1804–1813): According to the Treaty of Gulistan, the Persian Empire ceded all its North Caucasian and swaths of its Transcaucasian territories to Russia, comprising modern-day Dagestan, eastern Georgia, and most of the contemporary Republic of Azerbaijan. 1826: 16 July
Achaemenid dynasty (559–334/327 BC) The Great King, King of Kings, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Four Corners of the World. Cyrus the Great. –. 600 BC. Son of Cambyses I king of Anshan and Mandana daughter of Astyages. 559–530 BC.
Conquered the Mede empire c. 550, thus founding the Persian Empire; [10] conquered Lydia in 545, which already controlled several Hellenic cities on the Anatolian coast; soon extended his control to include them; released the Hebrews enslaved by the Babylonians in 538. Cambyses II: 530–522 BCE
Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600–530 BC), [a] commonly known as Cyrus the Great [3] was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. [4] Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median Empire and embracing all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, [4] expanding vastly and eventually conquering most of ...