Persian

Persian

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  • 3400 BCE

    Elamite kingdom

    Elamite kingdom emerges in southwestern Iran and Mesopotamia
  • 1000 BCE

    Scythians migrate

    Scythians migrate from Persia into the Asian steppes.
  • 553 BCE

    Achaemenid Empire of Persia

    Cyrus the Great successfully rebels against the Medes and establishes the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
  • Period: 553 BCE to 550 BCE

    Cyrus II founds Achaemenid Empire.

    Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great) overthrows Median king; becomes ruler of Persia and Media; founds Achaemenid Empire.
  • Period: 547 BCE to 546 BCE

    Cyrus II of Persia conquers Lydia

    Cyrus II of Persia conquers Lydia.
  • 546 BCE

    Persia controls Lycia

    Persia controls Lycia.
  • 539 BCE

    Babylon conquered

    Fall of Babylon, conquered by Cyrus of Persia. Return of the Jews.
  • 530 BCE

    Persia conquers the Indus Valley

    Persia conquers the Indus Valley.
  • Period: 530 BCE to 522 BCE

    Cambyses II of Persia

    Reign of Cambyses II of Persia.
  • 525 BCE

    Persia takes the city of Pelusium

    Cambyses II of Persia takes the city of Pelusium, conquers Egypt.
  • 525 BCE

    Persia invades Egypt

    Cambyses II of Persia invades Egypt and forces Egyptian surrender at the Battle of Pelusium.
  • Period: 525 BCE to 522 BCE

    Cambyses II rules Egypt

    Cambyses II of Persia rules Egypt and leads campaign to Nubia.
  • Period: 525 BCE to 404 BCE

    Persia conquers Egypt

    Persia conquers Egypt.
  • 521 BCE

    Darius I rules Persia

    Darius I (Darius the Great) succeeds to the throne of Persia after the death of Cambyses.
  • 520 BCE

    Builds canal links Nile and the Red Sea

    Darius of Persia links the Nile and the Red Sea by a canal.
  • 515 BCE

    capital of Persia moves to Persepolis. .

    Darius I moves the capital of Persia from Pasargadae to Persepolis. .
  • 513 BCE

    Persia invades Asia Minor

    Darius I of Persia invades Asia Minor, Miltiades becomes Persian vassal.
  • 499 BCE

    Greek colonies of Asia Minor revolt against Persia

    Ionian Greek colonies of Asia Minor revolt against Persia; with Miltiades support
  • 492 BCE

    Persia invades Greece.

    Darius I of Persia invades Greece.
  • 487 BCE

    Sparta withdraws from alliance

    Sparta withdraws from alliance against Persia.
  • 486 BCE

    Xerxes succeeds to the throne

    Xerxes succeeds to the throne of Persia after the death of Darius I.
  • 485 BCE

    Babylon is destroyed

    Babylon is destroyed by Xerxes
  • Period: 485 BCE to 465 BCE

    Reign of Xerxes I

    Reign of Xerxes I (the Great) of Persia.
  • 480 BCE

    Thebes sides with Persia

    Thebes sides with Persia during Xerxes invasion of Greece.
  • 479 BCE

    Xerxes' Persian forces are defeated by Greek forces

    Xerxes' Persian forces are defeated by Greek forces at Plataea effectively ending Persia's imperial ambitions in Greece.
  • Period: 449 BCE to 448 BCE

    Greece and Persian peace

    Peace between Greece and Persia.
  • 448 BCE

    Ionian cities become independent

    Ionian cities become independent from Persia.
  • 412 BCE

    Sparta allies with Persia

    Sparta allies with Persia.
  • Period: 380 BCE to 330 BCE

    Darius III

    Life of Darius III of Persia.
  • 333 BCE

    Battle of Issus

    Battle of Issus. Alexander is victorious against Darius III of Persia.
  • 330 BCE

    Death of Darius III/end of the Achaemenid Empire

    Death of Darius III and end of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
  • Period: 224 to 240

    Reign of Ardashir I

    Reign of Ardashir I.
    reformed Persia by centralizing power, making Zoroastrianism state religion, and rivalling Rome.
  • Period: 607 to 627

    East Rome defeats Sasanian Persia

    East Rome defeats Sasanian Persia.