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The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the First Persian Empire [17] ( / əˈkiːmənɪd /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [18] or 'The Kingdom' [19] ), was the ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest ...
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Persian Empire. The Persian Empire, or Iranian Empire (Persian: شاهنشاهی ایران, romanized: Šâhanšâhi-ye Irân), refers to the dynastic-states of Persian origin that ruled Iran from the Medes to the Pahlavi period. "Persia" was the term used by outsiders; its people called the country "Iran".
The Persians ( / ˈpɜːrʒənz / PUR-zhənz or / ˈpɜːrʃənz / PUR-shənz) are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. [4] They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language [6] [7] [8] as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian. [9]
The Achaemenid Empire, or Persian Empire, [3] (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. [4] At the height of its power, the Achaemenid Empire had about 7.5 million square kilometres and was ...
Achaemenid dynasty (559–334/327 BC) The Great King, King of Kings, King of Anshan, King of Media, King of Babylon, King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Four Corners of the World. Cyrus the Great. –. 600 BC. Son of Cambyses I king of Anshan and Mandana daughter of Astyages. 559–530 BC.
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