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The Achaemenid dynasty (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 Haxāmanišyaʰ; Persian: هخامنشی Haxâmaneši; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμενίδαι Achaimenidai; Latin: Achaemenides) was a royal house that ruled the Persian Empire, which eventually stretched from Egypt and the Balkans in the west to Central Asia and the ...
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the First Persian Empire (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The Kingdom'), was the ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
Achaemenian Dynasty (559–330 BCE), ancient Iranian dynasty whose kings founded and ruled the Achaemenian Empire. Among the notable kings of the empire were Cyrus II (the Great) and Darius I. The dynasty came to an end with the death of Darius III, following his defeat by Alexander the Great.
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Jul 21, 2011 · In 550 B.C. Cyrus (called “the Great” by the Greeks) overthrew the Median empire under Astyages and brought the Persians into domination over the Iranian peoples; he achieved combined rule over all Iran as the first real monarch of the Achaemenid dynasty.
Jan 25, 2018 · This Iron Age dynasty, sometimes called the Achaemenid Empire, was a global hub of culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than 200 years before it fell to the invading...
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] .
Achaemenid dynasty, in ancient Egypt, the 27th dynasty (525–404 BCE), established after Egypt was conquered by the Persian Achaemenian Empire and the latter empire’s ruler, Cambyses II, had himself crowned as pharaoh. The dynasty’s reign came to an end after Egypt regained independence under Amyrtaeus in 404 BCE.
