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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:10, 1 December 2024: 672 × 442 (309 KB): Devlet Geray: Darius never reached Crimea and stopped his advance somewhere near Danube.
The Teispids (descendants of Teispes) (c. mid-7th century BC–522 BC) were an Iron Age branch of the Achaemenid dynasty originally ruling the southern Zagros, in ancient Anshan. The dynasty's realm was later expanded under Cyrus II, who conquered a vast area in southwestern Asia, founding what was later known as the Achaemenid Empire under ...
Map of the Achaemenid Empire showing the location of Cyropolis in Sogdiana.. Cyreschata (Old Persian: Kuruškaθa), [4] [5] better known by its Latin name Cyropolis (Ancient Greek: Κυρούπολις or Κύρου πόλις, Kyroúpolis), [6] both meaning "City of Cyrus", was an ancient city founded by Cyrus the Great to mark the northeastern border of his Achaemenid Empire.
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the Persian Empire [16] or First Persian Empire [17] (/ ə ˈ k iː m ə n ɪ d /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [ 18 ] or 'The Kingdom' [ 19 ] ), was an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:01, 1 December 2024: 672 × 442 (198 KB): Devlet Geray: Darius lost to Scyhians = he didn't control Crimea even for a day
Location of Achaemenid Cappadocia. Cappadocia (from Old Persian 𐎣𐎫𐎱𐎬𐎢𐎣 Katpatuka ) was a satrapy (province) of the Achaemenid Empire located in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey ). It was used by the Achaemenids to administer the regions beyond the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates river.
Arachosia (/ ær ə ˈ k oʊ s i ə /; Greek: Ἀραχωσία Arachōsíā), or Harauvatis (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 Harauvatiš), was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Mainly centred around the Arghandab River , [ 3 ] a tributary of the Helmand River , it extended as far east as the Indus River .
Ecbatana's strategic location and resources probably made it a popular site even before the 1st millennium BC. [4] Along with Athens in Greece , Rome in Italy and Susa in Khuzestan , Ecbatana is one of the few ancient cities in the world that is still alive and important, representing the current-day Hamadan .