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559 BCE
Cyrus The Great begins conquering
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538 BCE
Cyrus allows Jews back into Jerusalem.
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530 BCE
Cyrus dies. Cambyses takes his place
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525 BCE
Cambyses conquers Egypt
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522 BCE
Cambyses dies
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521 BCE
Darius becomes king
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521 BCE
Darius expands the Persian Empire
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485 BCE
Darius dies/ Xerxes becomes king of Persia
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480 BCE
Xerxes invades Greece and wins the battle of Thermoplyae
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479 BCE
The Greeks defeat the Persians at the battle of Platae and expel the Persians from Europe.
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404 BCE
Artaxerxes ll Mnemon becomes king of Persia and loses Egypt
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330 BCE
Alexander The Great conquers Persia and destroys Persepolis, ending the Persian dynasty.