Persia

By Sierradolphin
  • 559 BCE

    The first king

    The first king to rule Persia was Cyrus the great.
  • 550 BCE

    War!

    The Persian empire was the biggest empire when they overthrew the Babylonian empire.
  • 521 BCE

    Darius the first takes the throne

    Cyrus dies and Darius takes the throne
  • 499 BCE

    Lydia rebels

    Lydia and the people rebel against Darius and Darius stops her
  • 486 BCE

    King Darius died

  • 485 BCE

    King xerxes the first starts his rule

    King Darius died and king xerxes the first takes control
  • 404 BCE

    Artaxerxes comes to power

    Artaxerses comes to power after xerxes dies.
  • 359 BCE

    Artaxerxes the third recapturers Egypt

  • 335 BCE

    Darius the third is murdered/Persian empire ends

    Darius the third was in a battle with the Greeks. He was murderd in battle, the Greeks then became the strongest empire in the world