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Period: 558 BCE to 330 BCE
The Achaemenid Empire
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548 BCE
Cyrus conquers Lydia and Anatolia.
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539 BCE
Cyrus takes control of Babylon
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530 BCE
Cyrus the Great dies in battle and his son Cambyses takes control
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525 BCE
Cambyses conquers Egypt and the Nile
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520 BCE
Darius becomes the Achaemenid emperor
Darius created the Persian Royal Road, new techniques of governing a large kingdom, satraps for each region, a uniform coin, and much more for Persia. He is called the greatest Achaemenid emperor in history. -
520 BCE
The Persian Royal Road and Achaemenid Legal Systems are Created
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Period: 500 BCE to 331 BCE
the Persian wars
Greek cities under Achaemenid rule rebel against the empire and large fleets of Greek solders invaded the Persians land. -
331 BCE
Alexander the Great ends the Achaemenid empire.
Alexander and an army of around forty thousand men defeat the Achaemenid army during the battle of Gaugamela to later take over Prespolis effectively ending the Achaemneid Empire. -
323 BCE
Alexander the great dies
Alexander dies of an unknown illness shortly after he defeated the Achaemenid empire -
Period: 323 BCE to 83 BCE
The Seleucid Empire
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305 BCE
The Seleucid empire is created
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Period: 247 BCE to 224
The Parthian Empire
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155 BCE
The Parthians gain control of Iran and Mesopotamia
The Parthians gained complete independence from the Seleucids and expanded their power to Mesopotamia. -
83 BCE
Roman conquerors destroy the Selecuid Empire
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100
Zoroastrianism become popular in Classical Persia
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224
Sasanids destroy the Parthian Empire
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Period: 224 to 651
The Sasanid Empire
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651
Arab armies invade Sasanid territory and end the empire
