The Persian

Dark ages of Greece

1100 BCE

The Greek Dark Ages, Homeric Age is the period of Greek history from the end of the Mycenaean palatial civilization around 1100 BC to the first signs of the Greek poleis, city states, in the 9th century BC.

Cyrus The Great

550 BCE

The first Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great around 550 B.C., became one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Europe’s Balkan Peninsula in the West to India’s Indus Valley in the East. This Iron Age dynasty, sometimes called the Achaemenid Empire, was a global hub of culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than 200 years before it fell to the invading armies of Alexander the Great.

Battle of Maraothon

490 BCE

The Battle of Marathon took place in September 490 BC on the big plain of Marathon. It was fought between the Athenians and the Persians. The battle was the end of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to conquer Greece. It was part of the first Greco-Persian war.

Battle of Salamis

480 BCE

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks.

Battle of Thermopylae

480 BCE

The Battle of Thermopylae: Spartans v. Persians. The battle of Thermopylae was the first between the Persians and Greeks during the Persian invasion of 480-479 BC. The Greek force was very small but was determined to make a stand against the huge Persian army.

The Deilian War

477 BCE

Persia loses control over Thrace, the Aegean sea and the western coast of Asia Minor. The Wars of the Delian League (477–449 BC) were a series of campaigns fought between the Delian League of Athens and her allies and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.

Peloponnesian war

430 BCE

The Peloponnesian War was an ancient Greek war fought by the Delian League led by Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases.

Macedonian Invasion

359 BCE

King Phillip ll, invaded many of the Geek city-states and made Macedonian the middle of his Empire. He decided if he could counquer all of Greace, he'd have the coastline for a trade, a rich culture great soldiers wedding, he was killed by a guard. Nobody was prepared to take over but luckily he trained his son well under Alexander his son was ready to take over.

Alexander The Great

334 BCE

334 B.C. Alexander the Great begins Persian campaign; completes conquest of Persia and Mesoptamia, 330 B.C.323 B.C.Death of Alexander; division of empire among generals; Seleucids emerge as principal heirs in Iran.

Fall of the Persian Empire

330 BCE

Darius loses three battles with Alexander and is finally defeated in 331. He is murdered in 330 B.C. The great Persian Empire is no more. The Persian Empire began with conquest and ended with defeat, but it will always be remembered as a powerful force that swept through the continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe.