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persia chapter 7
persia outline
Question | Answer |
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Medes and Persians migrated from central Asia to Persia | before 1000 B.C.E. |
Cyrus the Achaemenid | 558-530 B.C.E. |
king of Persian tribes | 558 B.C.E. |
All of Iran under his control | 548 B.C.E. |
Cyrus's son, Cambyses | 530-522 B.C.E. |
Cyrus's son, Cambyses conquered Egypt in | 525 |
Darius largest extent of empire; population thirty-five million | 521-486 B.C.E. |
New capital at Persepolis | 520 B.C.E. |
Xerxes | 486-465 B.C.E. |
The Persian Wars | 500-479 B.C.E. |
Alexander of Macedon invaded Persia | 334 B.C.E. |
Battle of Gaugamela, the end of Achaemenid empire | 331 B.C.E. |
Mithradates I established a empire | 171-155 B.C.E. |
The Sasanids, from Persia, toppled Parthians | ruled 224-651 C.E. |
Shapur I buffer states with Romans; standoff with Kushan | 239-272 C.E. |
empire incorporated into Islamic empire | In 651 C.E. |
Islamic conquerors toppled the Sasanid Empire at | seventh century C.E. |