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The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [17] also known as the Persian Empire [17] or First Persian Empire [18] (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 19 ] or 'The Kingdom' [ 20 ] ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
Alexander III of Macedon defeats the armies of the Achaemenid Empire in the Battle of the Persian Gate: 330 BC: July: Darius III, the last Achaemenid emperor is killed, bringing an end to the Achaemenid empire. 330 BC: Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Achaemenid Empire is destroyed by Alexander III of Macedon. 323 BC: 10/11 June
The earliest Iranian empire is generally considered to have been either the Median (c. 727–550 BC) or the succeeding Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC) after Alexander the Great's conquest of the Achaemenid Empire (beginning in 334 BC and mostly complete by 330 BC), much of Iran was under Hellenistic rule for two centuries, primarily under the ...
It lasted for just over two centuries before being incorporated into the Hellenistic empires, which emerged following the Greek conquest of the Persian Empire. Upon the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BCE, the Achaemenid Empire established its own Yehud province to absorb the Babylonian province of Yehud, which, in turn, had been established ...
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.
Flag of the Khwarazmian Empire: A plain black flag with a green crescent on the canton 1258–1432: Flag of the Ilkhanate and the Jalayirid Sultanate: A scarlet square on a golden field 1384–1405: Flag of the Timurid Empire: 1405–1502: Flag of the Timurid Empire: 1452-1478: Standard of Uzun Hasan: Uzun Hasan's standard, sultan of Aq Qoyunlu ...
At the height of the Ottoman-Persian Wars, Yerevan changed hands fourteen times between 1514 and 1736. Map of the Erivan khanate. In 1604, Shah Abbas I pursued a scorched earth campaign against the Ottomans in the Ararat valley. The old Armenian town of Julfa in the province of Nakhichevan was taken early in the invasion. From there, Abbas ...
The Fars territory or Ancient Persia or in terms of political history in the Sasanian Empire era and early Islamic period was a state and included the current provinces of Fars, Bushehr province, Hormozgan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and even Yazd province and Behbahan County of Khuzestan province.