Top 10 Facts about The Achaemenid Empire
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The Achaemenid Empire also called
The Achaemenid Empire also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire that was based in Western Asia and founded by Cyrus the Great. It reached its greatest extent under Xerxes I, who conquered most of northern and central ancient Greece, including the city of Athens, in 480 BCE. At its greatest territorial extent, the Achaemenid Empire stretched from the Balkans and Eastern Europe in the west to the Indus Valley in the east. The empire was larger than any previous empire in history, spanning a total of 5.5 million square kilometers (2.1 million square miles).
The empire has its beginnings in the 7th century BCE, when the Persians settled in the southwestern portion of the Iranian Plateau, in the region of Persis. From this region, Cyrus rose and defeated the Median Empire, of which he had previously been a king, as well as Lydia and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following which he formally established the Achaemenid Empire.
The empire has its beginnings in the 7th century BCE, when the Persians settled in the southwestern portion of the Iranian Plateau, in the region of Persis. From this region, Cyrus rose and defeated the Median Empire, of which he had previously been a king, as well as Lydia and the Neo-Babylonian Empire, following which he formally established the Achaemenid Empire.
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