From Libya to Central Asia.
It did when the Persians conquered Babylon.
The Persians conquered the Babylonian Empire in 539 BCE.
The Persians conquered Phoenicia under Cyrus The Great, in 539 BCE.
Th Persians did, in fact their empires lasted longer than the Third Reich. But the Third Reich conquered faster in a few short years, but the Persians took alot of time.
Yes, the Romans had allies but they never conquered the Persians.
Alexander the Great.
Their rulers, the Medes.
The Mesopotamians.
They were first conquered by the Persians
The Medes.
Aryans were the fierce nomadic herders that conquered them.
Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and converted it into an empire of his own, not to destroy the Persians but to convert them to Greek culture.