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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.
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Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]
Standard of the Achaemenid Empire: Also called Derafsh Sahbaz, it was the standard of Cyrus the Great, founder of the Achaemenid Empire. 559–529 BC Another reconstructed standard of the Achaemenid Empire: 247 BC–224 AD Parthian Sun The flag of Parthians is not known, but it has been stated that they used sun as one of their main emblems.
Conquered the Mede empire c. 550, thus founding the Persian Empire; [10] conquered Lydia in 547, which already controlled several Hellenic cities on the Anatolian coast; soon extended his control to include them; conquered the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 539, freeing the Hebrews enslaved by the Babylonians. Cambyses II: 530–522 BC
In Greek historiography, this scheme included the Assyrian Empire, Median Empire, Achaemenid Empire, and later, the Seleucid Empire was added to it. After Pompey's victory over the Seleucids in 63 BCE, Roman historians completed the concept of the four empires, including the Roman Empire as the fifth and final one. The Greeks considered the ...