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Period: 1000 BCE to 330 BCE
persian empire
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719 BCE
Annexing one
The earlist known record for the persians. Parsuash was annexed by Sargon of Assyria. The medues came to rule a empire and the perisan were subject to them. The achaemenid were the first to claim perisa. -
653 BCE
the first Persian state
after the Medes submitted to the dominance of the Scythians, and Teispes, the so of Achaemenes the Medes was established as the first Persian State in the region of Anshan. -
560 BCE
The Military
There was such much regional competion in asia and that why cyrus the great created a military. Cyrus the great had 10,000 highley trained men. This people would be important to take on other regions. -
555 BCE
Goverment organiation
Cyrus the great made his goverment connecting by using regional monarchs. These people were called satraps. The rules were you had to stay loyal to the king -
550 BCE
the war with astyages
the Persian leader Cyrus lead the soldiers to victory over the Astyages who was then captured by his own nobles and turned over to the triumphant which unified the Persian kingdom. -
550 BCE
The founding of the persian empire
In western and central asia back in 550 BCE Cyrus the great founded the persian empire. This empire would become the first one. They got their name from the achaemenes -
522 BCE
The achaemenid Expansion
Darius the Great, overthrew Gaumata and took control of the territories of the Empire and would make the historic consolidation of lands. -
522 BCE
Darius Success
during his reign, he established Aramaic as the official language and devised a codification of laws for Egypt. when he switched the capital to Persepolis he placed silver and gold coinage and made a sustainable tax system. -
500 BCE
The Royal Road
Darius ll built the royal road around 500 BC which was a great invention. This invention imporved trades between the perisan empire. He was able to move the adminastartion centor closer to the center of the realm -
480 BCE
the ruling of King Xerxes
Under the ruling of King Xerxes, after the king forced an attempt to expand their empire into Greece. the Greece states fought together and held off the powerful Persian empire and almost killed the whole Persian navy. -
479 BCE
Cambyses ll defeat.
Cambyses ll was cyrus the greats son. He invaded greece at the battle of marathon. His army was then defeated at the battle of plataea. -
401 BCE
The Achaemenid Empire's weakness
In 401 BC The achaemenid empire weakness got exposed to the greeks when they hired greek mercenaries. He hired about 10,000 which ended up paying off because he found out that they had politcal instabilityand military weakness. -
334 BCE
The greeks make a move
Phillip ll was the leader of macedon during the time period of 334 BC. He discovered with his son that the perisan empire army was very weak.Alexander the greats army after his dad's passing went and defeated Lydia,Pheonicia, and Egypt. After then defeating the persian gates the empire would be in his hands. -
331 BCE
Alexander the Great
during his ruling, he ended the expansion of the Persian Empire. He didn't have any equal as a military strategist and he swept through the world and conquered the late Perisan empire -
281 BCE
Seleucus I Nicator
He was the general when Alexander the Great fought the Persian Empire. But after his death, he tried to take control of Perisa. After he took control of the empire he was killed in 281 BC by Ptolemy Keraunos.
