CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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The Akkadian Empire
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The Assyrian Empire
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The Babylonian Empire
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The Achaemenid Empire
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: , Xšāça, lit. ‘The Empire’ or ‘The Kingdom’) was the ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC, known also as the First Persian Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cyrus the Great-the leader of one such tribe-began to defeat nearby kingdoms, including Media, Lydia and Babylon, joining them under one rule. He founded the first Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, in 550 B.C.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1959, the government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Reza Shah’s son, announced that both “Persia” and “Iran” can be used interchangeably, in formal correspondence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Creation of the Achaemenid Persian Empire In 559 BCE, a man named Cyrus became the leader of Persia. He was the great-great-grandson of the first Persian king, Achaemenes-whose name is why historians call this the Achaemenid Persian Empire!