No, much much larger. It covered today's Libya, Egypt, the Middle East, Persia, Central Asia and Pakistan, in addition to having control of modern day Turkey.
The Ottoman Empire was the famous empire (several centuries later) that was based out of Turkey and which became Turkey after World War I.
Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Isreal, Jordan, Lebanon and many other countries control land that used to be the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire no longer exists. Its components are now the countries of northeast Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Persia itself is now Iran. The Persian Empire embraced many present countries in North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Pakistan.
A Persian Empire existed in various forms from ancient times until the early twentieth century when it was renamed the Empire of Iran. The Empire of Iran was replaced with the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. At it's greatest extent the Persian Empire under Darius the Great ruled all of modern Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
The seven modern countries which would've been located in the Persian Empire include Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Bulgaria and Pakistan. The Persian Empire ruled much of the Middle East from 500 BC through the 1960s.
Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Isreal, Jordan, Lebanon and many other countries control land that used to be the Persian Empire.
He burnt the Persian capital Persepolis to signify the Persian Empire was finished, and the empire was now his.
Persia is now Iran.
Most of the Persian Empire is located in Asia. It spanned across present-day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and parts of Central Asia.
When what is now Turkey was ruled by the Ottoman Empire, it did invade what is now Albania.
The Persian Empire no longer exists. Its components are now the countries of northeast Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
The Ottoman Empire emerged in what is now Turkey after which of these groups lost control of the area?
Mainland Greece in ancient times was not part of the Persian Empire, though many Greek lands in what is now Turkey were conquered by Persia. It was Greek military resistance to two Persian invasions that kept it out of the Persian Empire.
Persia itself is now Iran. The Persian Empire embraced many present countries in North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Pakistan.
A Persian Empire existed in various forms from ancient times until the early twentieth century when it was renamed the Empire of Iran. The Empire of Iran was replaced with the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. At it's greatest extent the Persian Empire under Darius the Great ruled all of modern Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Armenia is the CIS country that in ancient times was a large empire that extended into what is now Turkey and Iran.
The seven modern countries which would've been located in the Persian Empire include Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Bulgaria and Pakistan. The Persian Empire ruled much of the Middle East from 500 BC through the 1960s.