ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA PERSIAN EMPIRE PARENTS SUPPORT BIOGRAPHY GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE GAMES ADVERTISEMENT THE PERSIAN EMPIRE FIRST PERSIAN EMPIRE CONTROL THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER THE FALL THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE UNKNOWN CLICK THE MAP VIEW CYRUS THE GREAT THE EMPIRE CYRUS MEDIAN EMPIRE 550 BC CONQUER THE LYDIANS GROW WHERE IT RULED BORDERS EVENTUALLY STRETCH MILES EAST TO WEST LARGEST EARTH CULTURES THE PERSIANS PEOPLES CONTINUE THEIR LIVES KEEP CUSTOMS RELIGION PAID TAXES THIS WAS CONQUERORS ASSYRIANS GOVERNMENT ORDER AREA RULER SATRAP GOVERNOR OF LAWS CONNECTED MANY ROADS POSTAL SYSTEM FAMOUS ROAD THE ROYAL ROAD KING DARIUS THIS ROAD STRETCHED ALL THE WAY SARDIS TURKEY CULTURE TEACHING THE PROPHET ZOROASTER ZOROASTRIANISM BELIEVED GOD AHURA MAZDA FIGHTING THE GREEKS WANTED WHO HE FELT CAUSING 490 BC DARIUS ATTACKED CAPTURED GREEK ATTEMPTED CITY OF ATHENS ATHENIANS THE BATTLE OF MARATHON 480 BC XERXES FINISH FATHER ARMY HUNDREDS THOUSANDS ARMIES ANCIENT TIMES THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE SMALLER THE GREEK FLEET NAVY THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS FORCED FALL ALEXANDER THE YEAR 334 BC THE GREAT EGYPT THE BORDERS INTERESTING FACTS NAME COMES ORIGINAL TRIBAL PARSUA GAVE THE LAND SETTLED BOUNDED THE TIGRIS RIVER THE WEST THE PERSIAN GULF PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES II 45 YEARS REIGN WAS A TIME PEACE PROSPERITY THE TRUTH HIGH ESTEEM LIE DISGRACEFUL THINGS PERSON THE CAPITAL CITY OF JEWISH PEOPLE RETURN ISRAEL TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM QUESTION QUIZ LEARN CITIES WRITING KINGS WORKS CITED POLLS MONTH THE HISTORY OF LINKS AFRICAN RIGHTS HELP UPGRADE PRESIDENTS CIVIL STATE WORLD WAR 1WORLD PRIVACY POLICY FREE REMOVE FOLLOW US SITE PRODUCT COPYRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TERMS OF USE