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The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [ 16 ] also known as the Persian Empire[ 16 ] or First Persian Empire[ 17 ] (/ əˈkiːmənɪd /; 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. Based in modern-day Iran, it ...
Flag of the Ministry of Justice. 1980–present. Flag of the Ministry of Petroleum. A dark blue field with the national flag of Iran in the canton [4][5] 2011–present. Flag of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. A white flag with light blue borders with a blue emblem of Iran on the center top.
Sign of Lion in Persepolis; Achaemenid Persian relief University of Chicago Oriental Institute.. The Lion and Sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید, romanized: Šir-o Xoršid, pronounced [ˌʃiːɾo xoɾˈʃiːd]; Classical Persian: [ˌʃeːɾu xʷuɾˈʃeːd]) is one of the main emblems of Iran (), and was an element in Iran's national flag until the 1979 revolution and is still commonly used ...
e. The Parthian Empire (/ ˈpɑːrθiən /), also known as the Arsacid Empire (/ ˈɑːrsəsɪd /), [12] was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. [13] Its latter name comes from its founder, Arsaces I, [14] who led the Parni tribe in conquering the region of Parthia [15] in Iran 's ...
The Medes[N 1] were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language [N 2] and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and the northeastern and eastern region of Mesopotamia in the vicinity of Ecbatana (present-day Hamadan).
Standard of Cyrus the Great (Derafsh Shahbaz), founder of the Achaemenid Empire, featuring the Shahbaz (see List of Iranian flags) Cyrus II of Persia (Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Kūruš; c. 600–530 BC), [b] commonly known as Cyrus the Great, [6] was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. [7] Hailing from Persis, he brought the ...
Cousin and brother-in-law of Cambyses II; succeeded to the throne as the result of a coup that ousted Bardiya; [13] continued the expansion of the Persian Empire into western Anatolia and Thrace; made war on the Scythians; [14] invaded mainland Greece in 490 to punish Athens for helping the Ionian city-states revolt in 499. This effort ended ...
Flag of the Safavid dynasty: Lion and sun: 1709–1738 Flag of the Hotaki dynasty: 1736–1796 Flag of the Afsharid dynasty: 1747–1826 Flag of the Durrani Empire: 1750–1796 Flag of the Zand dynasty: 1964 - July 29, 1980: Flag of Iran, also known as the Three Colour Flag: With the Lion and sun on the center. Used by a number of Iranian ...