Alexander, king of Macedonia.
Alexander the Great; a Macedonian
No, the Persian Empire did not last from 1500 BC to 185 BC. The Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was established in 550 BC and lasted until it was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.
Alexander the Great 334-331 BCE.
The Persian Empire had 4 capital cities in 500 BC - Babylon, Persepolis, Ecbatana, and Susa.
The Persian Empire existed in the general area of Iran in ancient times, and spread into the area of the Middle East, and modern Turkey and as far west as Libya in Africa and Greece on the Balkan Peninsula.The first empire of Persia was the Achaemenid Empire of Cyrus the Great, which fought with the Greeks and lasted from around 550 BC to 330 BC, when much of its territory was conquered by Alexander the Great. The subsequent Seleucid Greek Empire was succeeded in Persia by a smaller dominion known as the Parthian Empire, from 247 BC to 224 AD.This kingdom fell under the rule of Ardashir I of the Fars Province in Persia, who created the Sassanid Empire (also known as the Second Persian Empire), which was mostly confined to SW Asia and lasted from 224 to 651 AD, when it was conquered by Islamic Arabs.
Alexander the Great; a Macedonian
No, the Persian Empire did not last from 1500 BC to 185 BC. The Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was established in 550 BC and lasted until it was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.
Alexander The Great
Alexander the Great 334-331 BCE.
Alexander the Great.
At the time, Egypt was part of the Persian Empire, but Alexander conquered it separately before turning toward Persia Major. For one thing, Egypt was revolting against Persia and welcomed Alexander as a liberator. Plus, Alexander used the wealth of Egypt to finance the campaign against Persia.
the Persian empire
The Assyrian empire was assimilated by Babylonia, which was in turn conquered and assimilated by the Persian empire.
The Persian empire was established by Cyrus the Great in 6th century BC
The Persian Empire had 4 capital cities in 500 BC - Babylon, Persepolis, Ecbatana, and Susa.
The Kushite King Piye conquered Egypt in 750 BC.
The Persian Empire.