The Persian Empire had 4 capital cities in 500 BC - Babylon, Persepolis, Ecbatana, and Susa.
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The people of the Persian Empire provided the army and navy of the empire, including Egypt, Phoenicia and the Greek city-states of Ionia within the empire. The Persians enlisted many of the Greek city-stated of mainland Greece to their side - by bribery and threat. At the decisive land battle of Plataia in 479 BCE, a third of the Persian army was provided by central Greek cities such as Thebes. Macedonia and Thessaly also fought as an ally of the Persians.
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.
Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Isreal, Jordan, Lebanon and many other countries control land that used to be the Persian Empire.
Human. It spanned many cultures which had evolved in the varied Indo-European peoples in the Empire.