Persian Empire (jan 1, 700 BC – jan 1, 330 BC)
Description:
The Achaemenid or the Achaemenian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The Kingdom'), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest empire in history, spanning a total of 5.5 million square kilometres (2.1 million square miles) from the Balkans and ancient Egypt in the west to the Indus Valley in the east.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 700 BC
jan 1, 330 BC
~ 370 years