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The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the Persian Empire [16] or First Persian Empire [17] (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 18 ] or 'The Kingdom' [ 19 ] ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
The Persian Empire, about 500 BC; Persis is the central southern province with the red outline. Its main cities are Persepolis and Pasargadae . Persis ( Ancient Greek : Περσίς , romanized: Persís; Old Persian : 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 , romanized: Parsa ), [ 1 ] also called Persia proper , is a historic region in southwestern Iran , roughly ...
Although Persis (Persia proper) was only one of the provinces of ancient Iran, [28] varieties of this term (e.g., Persia) were adopted through Greek sources and used as an exonym for all of the Persian Empire for many years. [29] Thus, especially in the Western world, the names Persia and Persian came to refer to all of Iran and its subjects ...
Iran suffered invasions by nomadic tribes during the Late Middle Ages and early modern period, negatively impacting the region. [17] Iran was reunified as an independent state in 1501 by the Safavid dynasty, which established Shia Islam as the empire's official religion, [18] marking a significant turning point in the history of Islam. [19]
See also Argead and Seleucid dynasty for the foreign rulers over Persia 330- 247 BC BC. Arsaces I c. 247–211 BC (In some histories, Arsaces's brother Tiridates I is said to have ruled c. 246–211 BC.) Arsaces II c. 211–185 BC (frequently called Artabanus by early scholars) Phriapatius c. 185–170 BC
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Of these, the Pasargadae are the most noble and include the family of Achaemenids, the Kings of Persia, who are descendants of Perseus. [ 5 ] Darius the Great , in an effort to establish his legitimacy, later traced his genealogy to Achaemenes , Persian " Haxāmaniš ". [ 6 ]
In ancient sources, Hystapes is sometimes considered as identical with Vishtaspa (the Avestan and Old Persian name for Hystapes), an early patron of Zoroaster. [ 177 ] Historically, the life of the Buddha also coincided with the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley. [ 179 ]