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Map showing events of the first phases of the Greco-Persian Wars Greek hoplite and Persian warrior depicted fighting, on an ancient kylix, 5th century BC. The Ionian Revolt in 499 BC, and associated revolts in Aeolis, Doris, Cyprus, and Caria, were military rebellions by several regions of Asia Minor against Persian rule, lasting from 499 to ...
The greatest achievement was the empire itself. The Persian Empire represented the world's first superpower [58] [59] that was based on a model of tolerance and respect for other cultures and religions. [60] Map showing key sites during the Persian invasions of Greece.
Persis (Ancient Greek: Περσίς, romanized: Persís; Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, romanized: Parsa), [1] also called Persia proper, is a historic region in southwestern Iran, roughly corresponding with Fars province. The Persians are thought to have initially migrated either from Central Asia or, more probably, from the north through the ...
Map 12: Persian Empire in Achaemenid era, 6th century BC, showing names of ancient Iranian peoples in the Iranian Plateau and southern Central Asia on the right side of the map Map 13: Ancient regions of Iranian Plateau and part of South Central Asia showing ancient Iranian peoples and tribes; this map also shows ancient peoples of the Indus ...
Persepolis is derived from the Greek Περσέπολις, Persepolis, a compound of Pérsēs (Πέρσης) and pólis (πόλις, together meaning "the Persian city" or "the city of the Persians"). To the ancient Persians, the city was known as Pārsa (Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿), which is also the word for the region of Persia. [6] [7]
The map of Achaemenid Empire and the section of the Royal Road noted by Herodotus. The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt for trade by Darius the Great, the Achaemenid emperor, in the 5th century BC. [1] Darius I built the road to facilitate rapid communication on the western part of his large empire from Susa to Sardis. [2]
Derived from Image:Oriente Medio 600 adC (vacío).svg; modified to follow the map of the Achemenid empire of Persia - 559-480 BC in the Concise Atlas of World History (Andromeda, 1997). Author ChrisO
For the history of ancient Persia from prehistory to circa 330 BCE (to conquests of region by Alexander the Great) see Category: Ancient Persia; For the Greek and Roman Persian era through the 19th century, circa 330 BCE to 1925 CE see Category:Persian history; Ancient Persian cities outside modern Iran include: Derbent; Ctesiphon; Bukhara ...