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Persian Empire

By nicolecasale
  • 607 BCE

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    East Rome defeats Sasanian Persia.
  • 553 BCE

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    Cyrus the Great successfully rebels against the Medes and establishes the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
  • 546 BCE

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    Persia controls Lycia.
  • 539 BCE

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

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    Cambyses II of Persia rules Egypt and leads campaign to Nubia.
  • 492 BCE

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    Darius I of Persia invades Greece.
  • 485 BCE

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    Babylon is destroyed by Xerxes, King of Persia.
  • 448 BCE

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    Death of Darius III and end of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
  • 387 BCE

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    Roman emperor Theodosius I and Shapur III of Persia agree to formally divide Armenia between the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and the Sasanian Empire.
  • 333 BCE

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

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    Jordan taken by Alexander the Great in his conquest of Persia.
  • 330 BCE

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    Death of Darius III and end of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.
  • 317 BCE

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    Demetrius I commands his father’s cavalry units at the battles of Paraetacene and Gabiene in Persia.
  • 224 BCE

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    Reign of Ardashir I, who reformed the Persia by centralizing power, making Zoroastrianism state religion, and rivalling Rome.