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Period: 6500 BCE to 3800 BCE
Ubaid period
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Period: 559 BCE to 530 BCE
Cyrus the Great
Was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first Persian Empire.[8] Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East,[8] expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Western Asia and much of Central Asia. -
Period: 550 BCE to 330 BCE
Achaemenid Empire
An ancient Iranian empire based in Western Asia founded by Cyrus the Great. It is notable for its successful model of a centralised, bureaucratic administration (through satraps under the King of Kings), for its multicultural policy, for building infrastructure such as road systems and a postal system, the use of an official language across its territories, and the development of civil services and a large professional army. -
Period: 27 BCE to 476
The Roman Empire