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The Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent c. 500 BC According to the Behistun inscription , Gaumata ruled for seven months before being overthrown in 522 BC by Darius the Great (Old Persian Dāryavuš , "who holds firm the good", also known as Darayarahush ).
The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars.
Ghaznavids at their greatest extent. By about 130 BC, the Parthian dynasty brought the Persian Gulf under their control and extended their influence as far as Oman. Because they needed to control the Persian Gulf trade route, the Parthians established garrisons along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf.
At its greatest territorial extent, the Sasanian Empire encompassed all of modern-day Iran and Iraq and parts of the Arabian Peninsula (particularly Eastern Arabia and South Arabia), as well as the Caucasus, the Levant, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia.
The Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent. Cyrus the Great overthrew, in turn, the Median, Lydian, and Neo-Babylonian empires, creating an empire far larger than Assyria. He was better able, through more benign policies, to reconcile his subjects to Persian rule; the longevity of his empire was one result.
Battle of Marathon, Persian Empire is defeated by Greek states. 486 BC: Darius the Great dies; Xerxes I the Great succeeds him as King of Kings. 484 BC: The Babylonian Revolt, led by two pretenders to the Babylonian throne, is crushed by Xerxes. 480 BC: The Achaemenid Empire under Xerxes invades mainland Greece, reaching its greatest extent ...
Median Empire at its greatest extent (6th century BCE) according to Herodotus The Median empire was the first Iranian dynasty corresponding to the northeastern section of present-day Iran, Northern-Khvarvarana and Asuristan, and South and Eastern Anatolia.
The Guarded Domains of Iran, [8] [9] commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran [a] or the Afsharid Empire, [10] was an Iranian [11] empire established by the Turkoman [12] [13] Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan, establishing the Afsharid dynasty that would rule over Iran during the mid-eighteenth century.