Persia Early Years

By LaurenNess
  • 674 BCE

    Persians Settle

    The Persians begin to settle in Persis from 675 BCE- 640 BCE. The land they settled is now Fars in central Iran
  • 550 BCE

    Founding of Persia Empire

    Cyrus the Great founded the Persia empire Achaemenid. He formed the tribes once ling in this land into a federation.
  • 492 BCE

    Persia invades Greece

    Darius the 1 was under the rule of Persia and was working its way into expanding into the mainland of Europe.
  • 490 BCE

    The first War Ends

    The war comes to an end with Greece coming out victorious with 192 casualties and 6,400 Persia deaths. The Persians fled and began to plan their return.
  • 490 BCE

    The Armies Clash

    The armies met on the marathon plain in September 490 BCE. The Persian war tactics were not sufficient enough to keep up with the Greeks.
  • 480 BCE

    After the defeat at Thermopylae

    The persains defet the Greek at Thermopylae. This victory them gave the ability to build roads into Greece.
  • 480 BCE

    Salamis In the Saronic Gulf

    The Persians came in again very strong in September with an estimated 500 ships and the Greeks were at a disadvantage with only 300. But the Greeks had the general Themisocles who was very experienced and pulled Greece through.
  • 480 BCE

    Thermopylae

    Began to lead a large army to invade Greece based on the previous plan they did this by going through the pass at the Thermopylae coast.
  • 479 BCE

    The final War With Greece

    Greece had an army of around 110,000 with the Persians having similar numbers they were defeated causing Xerxes' ambitions to end in Greece.
  • 479 BCE

    After the loss

    The Greece army sent out troops to the Persian garrison which whipped it out as well as their commander
  • 479 BCE

    After another loss

    The Persians went through political discussions and learned they could not gain land through diplomacy with them having possession of many parts of Greece they began to plan.
  • 449 BCE

    Persia is pushed out

    Persia is then completely pushed back from their previous westward expansion with any progress reversed.
  • 449 BCE

    Persia aiding the spartas

    With Perisa's failure to defend within hey decided to help the Spartans win against Greece without the Greeks knowing. this stoped them from reaching closer to the Persian empires.
  • 449 BCE

    Peace agreement

    A peace agreement was signed in 449 about 30 years later between Persa and Greece.
  • 396 BCE

    Conflict Sparks

    In 396 BCE Greece and Persia, conflicts arose, when the Spartan king invaded Asia.
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the great

    Like many other empires Alexander the Great takes over the Achaemenid Empire of the Persians, with the help of 10,000 Greek Mercenaries.
  • 330 BCE

    Achaemenid Empire

    The Achaemenid Empire run by the Persians had control over central Asia. It losses its rein in 330 BCE.
  • 312 BCE

    Transition of Empires

    The previously known Achaemenid Empire is now known as the Seleucid Empire. This was claimed by one of Alexander the Great's general after his death, after they took over the Achaemenid.
  • 247 BCE

    The final Empire falls

    The last pre-Islamic empire called the Sasanian Empire was overran by the arab leader at the time. perian culture sustained for many years.