Persian Empire

Settlements date back to 7000 BC and consolidated in 625 BC.

Persia was an Empire was established in 550 BC with its capital in modern day Iran..

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/persian-empire#section_5

The first dynasty of the Persian Empire was created by Achaemenids, established by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC with the conquest of Median, Lydian and Babylonian empires. It covered much of the Ancient world when it was conquered by Alexander the Great in 331 BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Empire

At its height, the Persian Empire stretched from Europe’s Balkan Peninsula—in parts of what is present day Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine—to the Indus River Valley in northwest India and south to Egypt.

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/persian-empire#section_5

In 500 BC the Persian Empire stretched from India to Greece and from the Seas to include Southern Russia.

http://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/Maps%20Ancient/persia.htm

The Persian Empire was conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great

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