WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -The Achaemenid Kings of Persia ruled over the largest empire in the Near East. These are the 12 Kings who led the empire, from its founding to its fall. In the Classical period, there were many Kings of Persia, but few were ever as powerful as the Achaemenids.

Detailed explanation-2: -It existed between 550 BCE and 330 BCE. The empire fell after Alexander the Great defeated the Persian army at the Battle of Granicus in 330 BCE. The first three rulers of the Achaemenid Empire were Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II, and Darius I.

Detailed explanation-3: -The AP expects you to know ALL THREE: ACHAEMENID (550-330 BCE) PARTHIAN (247 BCE-224 CE) SASSANID (224-651 CE)

Detailed explanation-4: -Xerxes I (Old Persian: Xšayār̥šā also Khshayārsha; Greek: Xérxēs; c. 518 – August 465 BC) was a Persian ruler who served as the fourth King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire, reigning from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Persian Empire emerged under the leadership of Cyrus II, who conquered the neighboring Median Empire ruled by his grandfather. From then on Cyrus was called the “shah, ‘’ or king, of Persia. Eventually he was known as Cyrus the Great.