The Empires of Persia

By JilliSpencer
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Zarathustra is thought to have lived

  • 930 BCE

    The Hebrew Kingdom of David falls

  • Period: 558 BCE to 330 BCE

    The Achaemenids

  • Period: 558 BCE to 530 BCE

    Cyrus of Achaemenid Rules

  • Period: 521 BCE to 486 BCE

    Darius of Achaemenid rules

  • Period: 500 BCE to 479 BCE

    Persian Wars

    Ionian cities rebelled, causing a series of conflicts
  • Period: 486 BCE to 465 BCE

    Xerxes rules

    Darius's successor does not follow the policy of toleration and attempts to impose his values on the conquered people, setting in course a large reason why the empire fell.
  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the Great invades Persia

  • Period: 323 BCE to 83 BCE

    The Seleucids

  • Period: 100 to 500

    Missionary religions found numerous converts in the Persian Empire

    Buddhism, Christianity, and Manichaeism become increasingly popular
  • Period: 224 to 651

    The Sasanids

  • Period: 247 to 224

    The Parthians