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Period: 556 BCE to 331 BCE
Persian empire from 550 BCE-224 CE
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550 BCE
King Cyrus starts the Persian empire
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550 BCE
king Cyrus unties the Persian tribes
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539 BCE
king Cyrus conquered the Neo-Babylonian empire
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530 BCE
Cyrus the great dies
his son Cambyses ii takes his place -
525 BCE
Cambyses ii conquered egypt taking control over it
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525 BCE
Cambyses ii angers the Egyptians
Cambyses is said to have shown disrespect to the religion of the Egyptians and its practices -
522 BCE
Cambyses ii dies
sources say that it is unknown the way he died but popular opinion is that it was a suicide or an illness -
522 BCE
Darius claims the throne
After defeating uspurpers -
522 BCE
Darius the great gets more territory
Darius invades India and Europe and gets more land for the empire -
500 BCE
The Persian empire reaches its height
The empire was from the Indus Valley in the east to parts of Greece in the west -
490 BCE
Persia invades Greece
The Persians are defeated in the battle of Marathon -
486 BCE
Darius I Dies
Darius the Great ruled Persia from 522 BCE until his death Overseeing expansions and administrative reforms -
480 BCE
2nd Persian invasion
The Persians under Xerxes I are defeated at the battle of Salamis and Plataea -
465 BCE
Xerxes is assassinated
with Xerxes' dead, it lead to the downfall of the empire and a period of instability -
419 BCE
The Persians are weakened
4th Century BCE the Persian empire was suffering and conflicts weakened them more leading to the fall of their empires -
370 BCE
The revolt of the Satraps
Persian satraps rebelled against Artaxerxes II's authority during 370 BCE these revolts were challenging because the satraps who were part of it were also very powerful -
334 BCE
Crossing the Hellespont and Battle of Granicus
Alexander crossed the Hellespont initiating an invasion of the Persian empire -
333 BCE
. The Battle of Issus
Alexander faced King Darius III even though he was outnumbered his much superior military strategies led to his victory -
331 BCE
Alexander the great conquered Persia
