Persian Empire (disambiguation)

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The Persian Empire , or Achaemenid Empire, was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

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Darius may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darius III</span> Last king of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336–330 BC)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atropatene</span> Ancient Iranian kingdom (c.323 BC-226 AD)

Atropatene, also known as Media Atropatene, was an ancient Iranian kingdom established in c. 323 BC by the Persian satrap Atropates. The kingdom, centered in present-day northern Iran, was ruled by Atropates' descendants until the early 1st-century AD, when the Parthian Arsacid dynasty supplanted them. It was conquered by the Sasanians in 226, and turned into a province governed by a marzban ("margrave"). Atropatene was the only Iranian region to remain under Zoroastrian authority from the Achaemenids to the Arab conquest without interruption, aside from being briefly ruled by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fars province</span> Province of Iran

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cyrus the Great</span> Founder of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 600 – 530 BC)

Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great, was the founder of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Hailing from Persis, he brought the Achaemenid dynasty to power by defeating the Median Empire and embracing all of the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanding vastly and eventually conquering most of West Asia and much of Central Asia to create what would soon become the largest polity in human history at the time. The Achaemenid Empire's largest territorial extent was achieved under Darius the Great, whose rule stretched from Southeast Europe in the west to the Indus River valley in the east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Persis</span> Region in southwestern Iran

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">King of Kings</span> Ruling title used by certain historical monarchs

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carmania (region)</span> Persian region

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of the Caucasus</span> Past events in the Caucasus region

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Achaemenid Empire</span> Ancient Iranian empire (550–330 BC)

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire, was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest empire by that point in history, spanning a total of 5.5 million square kilometres. The empire spanned from the Balkans and Egypt in the west, most of West Asia, the majority of Central Asia to the northeast, and the Indus Valley to the southeast.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sasanian dynasty</span> Founding house of the Sasanian Empire (224–651)

The Sasanian dynasty was the house that founded the Sasanian Empire of Iran, ruling this empire from 224 to 651 AD. It began with Ardashir I, who named the dynasty in honour of his predecessor, Sasan.