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Persia did not have an empire before it took over the Babylonian Empire.
It was a subsidiary kingdom to the Medes. Under King Cyrus the Great, took Media over, and this combined force was able to defeat the Babylonians and absorb them, which was the beginning of the Persian Empire.
After that the Persians moved on into Asia Minor the rest of the Middle East, Central Asia and under King Cambyses took Egypt and Libya.
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What was the rise of the Persian Empire?
Persia's absorption of Media and then conquest of the Babylonian Empire.
What previous civilizations did the the Persian Empire develop?
The Assyrian, Babylonian and Hellenic.
How did Cyrus the Great start the Persian Empire?
By first incorporating Media, then using the combined forces to take over the Babylonian Empire.
What was the most important thing that Cyrus the Great did for the Persian Empire?
He built it by taking over the Babylonian and Lydian Empires, and consolidating these and Persian-Mede territory.
The Persian ruler Cyrus was called the Great because he?
Cyrus, the Persian ruler, was called the Great because he was the founder of the Persian Empire. He also conquered many empires that included the Median Empire and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. His reign lasted from 559 to 530 B.C.
How did Persian Empire and Babylonia Empire interact?
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
Why did nebuchadenezzar II reestablish the babylonian empire form under the Persian rule?
The Persian Empire succeded and tookover the Babylonian Empire.
What was the empire that replaced the Babylonian empire?
The Persian Empire led by Cyrus.
Persia and Babylon?
Persia incorporated the Babylonian Empire into the Persian Empire.
Who Destroied the Neo Babylonian empire?
Cyrus, leader of the Persian empire
How did the Persian Empire differ from the Babylonian Empire?
It took it over and incorporated it.
What was the rise of the Persian Empire?
Persia's absorption of Media and then conquest of the Babylonian Empire.
What civilizations covered part of the Persian Empire?
Assyrian, Babylonian.
Empire that replaced the babylonian empire when it fell?
The Assyria Empire took over the Babylonian Empire when it fell.
What previous civilizations did the the Persian Empire develop?
The Assyrian, Babylonian and Hellenic.
Is the Persian Empire a civilization?
It was an empire which promoted civilisation. It encompassed several civilisations such as Egyptian and Babylonian.
Which empire ruled the fertile crecent?
Succesively, the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Persian Empire and the Macedonian empire of Alexander the Great.
