WebThe Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The Kingdom'), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest empire in history, spanning a total of 5.5 million square …

WebAccording to Herodotus, the Achaemenids were a clan from the tribe of the Pasargadae and probably settled surrounding the site of Pasargadae. They possibly ruled over other Persian tribes in the 9th century BCE. Darius the Great traced his genealogy to Achaemenes, an unknown lineage named after Haxāmaniš.

Web11/05/2011 · The Achaemenid Persian Empire is famous for effectively creating an empire of many nations and cultures, giving each conquered culture a reasonable amount of autonomy and self-governance in the form of semi-independent provinces called satrapies. The empire is also famous for fighting the Greek city-states in the Greco-Persian Wars …

WebThe Achaemenid Empire, or Achaemenid Persian Empire, (550–330 BC) was the first Persian Empire to rule over significant portions of Greater Persia (or Iran). It followed the Median Empire as the second great empire of the Iranian peoples. At the height of its power, the Achaemenid Empire had about 7.5 million square kilometers and was …

WebThe Persian Achaemenid Empire reigns over Central Asia, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Egypt. 547 BCE. Anatolia conquered by the Persians. Ephesos remains neutral. 547 BCE. Phrygia becomes a Satrapy of the Persian empire. 546 BCE. The Persians occupy Cyprus, being invited by Cypriot leaders. 539 BCE. Fall of Babylon, conquered by Cyrus of …

Web10/11/2022 · Achaemenian Dynasty, also called Achaemenid, Persian Hakhamanishiya, (559–330 bce), ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings founded and ruled the Achaemenian Empire. Achaemenes (Persian Hakhamanish), the Achaemenians’ eponymous ancestor, is presumed to have lived early in the 7th century bce, but little is known of his life. From …

Web03/06/2021 · The Achaemenid Empire, also known as the first Persian Empire, was the famed ancient Iranian empire that emerged in prominence and might following the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Not only did the ancient Persians, under the reign of founder-king Cyrus the Great, defeat the Babylonians, but they also defeated the likes of Lydia in …

WebThe Achaemenid Persian empire was the largest that the ancient world had seen, extending from Anatolia and Egypt across western Asia to northern India and Central Asia. Its formation began in 550 B.C., when King Astyages of Media, who dominated much of Iran and eastern Anatolia (Turkey), was defeated by his southern neighbor Cyrus II (“the …

Web15/10/2021 · The Achaemenid Empire originated with the Indo-European ethnic group known as the Persians, who came from a tribal society in the region of Fars in southern Persia (modern Iran). [1] For most of their early history, the Persians played little role in the machinations of geo-politics in the ancient Near East, living an existence as semi …

WebAlexander the Great. Alexander the Great was a king and general of ancient Macedonia who went on to conquer large parts of the known world, his empire extending from Greece to the eastern fringes of ancient India. He is legendary for his military prowess and regarded as an architect of the cultural exchange between the Western and Eastern world ...