Definitions

1. The Achaemenid Dynasty is a dynasty in the ancient Persian Empire.
2. The Achaemenid dynasty was the first empire in the world that respected the cultural diversity of its different peoples. (Web site)
3. The Achaemenid dynasty was followed by the Parthian and Sassanid dynasties as Persia's greatest pre-Islamic empires. (Web site)

Greatest Monuments

1. Esther, Queen of Persia Persepolis, One of the greatest monuments of Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

Region

1. In classical antquity the region was known as Persia, due to the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, originating in Persia proper, or Fars. (Web site)

Descent

1. The Parthian kings in turn claimed descent from the earlier Achaemenid Dynasty.

Persians

1. During the seventh century B.C., the Persians were led by Hakamanish (Achaemenes, in Greek), ancestor of the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

Founder

1. Among his ancestors was the legendary king Achaemenes, the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.

Kings

1. These are the kings of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty of Egypt.
2. List of kings of Persia Persepolis, one of the greatest monuments of Achaemenid dynasty.
3. Artabanus is occasionally listed among the Kings of the Achaemenid dynasty though he was not related to them.

Great

1. When the Persian king Cyrus the Great, a member of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, had overthrown the Median empire in 550 BCE, he captured Ecbatana. (Web site)

Persian Empire

1. By the middle of the 6th century BC the Persian Empire of the Achaemenid dynasty controlled the region of Aryana. (Web site)
2. Definition: The kings of the Sassanid Dynasty, from A.D. 224-651, ruled an empire similar in extent to the Persian Empire of the earlier Achaemenid Dynasty. (Web site)

Empire

1. Gandhāra was then controlled by the Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian empire, which used the Aramaic script to write the Iranian languages of the Empire. (Web site)

Vast Empire

1. Persia emerged in the 6th century BC under the Achaemenid dynasty as a vast empire that controlled an area from India to Greece.

Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article

1. Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Achaemenid dynasty.

Iran

1. It is not known how the religion spreads through Iran to become, eventually, the official religion of the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

Zoroastrian Religion

1. Of the Zoroastrian religion under the Achaemenid Dynasty and Aeracides, little is known. (Web site)

Ancient Iran

1. Chair-like thrones like this were used in ancient Iran by Achaemenid dynasty in the 5th century BC, as well as the 17th century Safavid dynasty. (Web site)

Darius Iii

1. Main article: Darius III the last king (reigned 336–330 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

Darius

1. The inscriptions of Darius the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty (circa 325 BCE) are in four languages: Aramaic, Babylonian, Elamite and Old Persian. (Web site)
2. Pivotal to the chronicle will be the story of the archaeologists who dug up the statue of Darius I, the great king of the Achaemenid dynasty.
3. The first ruler of the Achaemenid dynasty to strike coins was probably Darius I (522–486 BC), as the Greek historian Herodotus suggests.

Alexander

1. When the rule of Achaemenid dynasty came to an end, Alexander from Macedonia conquered Iran. (Web site)

Persepolis

1. Persepolis, One of the greatest monuments of Achaemenid dynasty.

Artaxerxes

1. In order to legitimize their rule, the Parthians claimed descent from Artaxerxes 2 of the Achaemenid Dynasty. (Web site)

First King

1. He was, however, not the first king of Persia, nor the first king of the Achaemenid Dynasty. (Web site)

Fars Province

1. The event will be attended by researchers and historians who will deliver speeches about the history of Fars Province and the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

Cambyses

1. He was the son of Cambyses I, a descendant of Achaemenes (Hakhamanish) (flourished 7th century bc), and a member of the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

Cyrus

1. Cyrus was an early member of the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)
2. Readers may also want to know that the book's focus is on the political history of the Achaemenid Dynasty, from Cyrus to Alexander. (Web site)

Persia

1. Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus II of Persia and Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)
2. Achaemenid dynasty, 550–330 BC Achaemenes, founder of the dynasty, king of Persia.
3. As an empire and civilization, Persia began in the 7th century BC with the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty and has endured to the present day.

Anshan

1. Cyrus, the son of a Persian noble and a Mede princess, was from the Achaemenid Dynasty, which ruled the kingdom of Anshan, in what is now southwestern Iran. (Web site)
2. His ancestors of the Achaemenid Dynasty for several generations had ruled the kingdom of Anshan, in what is now southwestern Iran. (Web site)
3. Anshan was also a small kingdom in what is now Iran during the 1st millennium BC, ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty.

Achaemenes

1. The Persians, a closely related and subject people, revolted against the Median empire during the 6th century BC. Achaemenid dynasty Achaemenes of Anshan. (Web site)
2. Achaemenid dynasty Achaemenes, founder of the dynasty. (Web site)
3. Achaemenes was the satrap of Egypt from 484 BC until his death in 460 BC, and a member of the Achaemenid dynasty.

Achaemenid Dynasty

1. Cyrus II is considered to be the first king of the Achaemenid dynasty to be properly called so, as his predecessors were subservient to Media.
2. Achaemenid Dynasty the Persian 27th dynasty of Egypt (525-404 BC), founded by Cambyses II of Persia and named after his family of the Achaemenids.
3. Achaemenes (Persian HAKHAMANI) was the eponymous ancestor of the royal house of Persia, the Achaemenid dynasty. (Web site)

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