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Persian (Achaemenid Empire)

The ancient Persians (also called the Achaemenids) created an enormous empire reaching from the Indus Valley to Northern Greece and from Central Asia to Egypt.

Dates

c. 550–330 B.C.E.

Places

Asia > West Asia > Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, South Asia > Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia > Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Africa > North Africa > Egypt, Libya
Europe > Southern Europe > Greece

Basics Works of Art Artists Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Ancient Persia, an introduction

Ancient West Asia: Cradle of civilization

Writing Cuneiform

Zoroastrianism, an introduction

Cuneiform, an introduction

Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 2nd–1st millennia B.C.E.

Works of Art

The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia

after 539 B.C.E.

Persepolis: The Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes

c. 518–330 B.C.E.

Capital of a column from the audience hall of the palace of Darius I, Susa

c. 510 B.C.E.