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The Achaemenid Dynasty

559-330 BC

559-530

Cyrus the Great

4th in descent from Achaememes; King of Anshan 559 BC; conquered media 550

529-522

Cambyse

Son

 

522

Smerdis (Bardiya)

Brother

 

521-486

Darius I (the Great)

5th in descent from Achaemenes

485-465

Xerxes I

Son

464-424

Artaxerex I, Longimanus

Son

424

Xerxes II

Son

424

Sogdianus

Brother

423-405

Darius II, Nothus

Brother

404-359

Artaxerxes II, Mnemon

Son

358-338

Artaxerxes III, Ochus

Son

337-336

Arses

Son

335-330

Darius III, Condomannus

Great-grandson of Darius II, Macedonian conquest of the Persian Empire 330

 

The standard Achaemenid title in inscriptions was

“king of the lands”, “Great King” and “King of Kings”

 

 

Some of the Achievements of this Period

 

1- The unification of the Aryan people;

2- The foundation of the Persian Empire;

2- The expansion of Iran's borders from the Sind Valley to the Nile;

3- The conquest of Babel, the coronation of Cyrus the Great, the promulgation of the declaration of universal rights to mankind and freedom of nations;

4- The establishment of peace and understanding among the various tribes;

5- Spread of knowledge and culture;

6- Freedom of religious beliefs;

7- The foundation of a civil organization and the establishment of an orderly administrative and financial institution;

8- The formation of an orderly army and the creation of the Immortals;

9- The establishment of cities and the construction of great buildings;

10- The construction of roads and the founding of a royal courier system;

11- The digging of a canal to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

 

• Dynasties • Prehistoric • Achaemenian • Arsacids • Sassanids • Saffarids • Dailamites •

• Homage to Cyrus • Cyrus the Great • Host to the World • Parade • Soliders •