King Darius I (the Great) 522-486 BCE.
Very large - multi-continental.
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 main weakness was their size. With such a large territory it was hard to control and protect everyone
It stretched from Libya in the west, through the Middle East and Central Asia, to today's Pakistan in the east.
Athens was part of an alliance of Greek city-states which varied in size from a couple of dozen to 180, led at first by Sparta, then later by Athens after defeat of the Persian invasion.
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At its largest extent, the Persian Empire reached the river Indus (in present day Pakistan). This was not always the eastern border as the size of the empire varied. Save
It would have to be Alexander the Great because before him Greece never had an empire, just a confederation of city-states.
Under Aurangzeb's reign, the Mughal Empire expanded to its peak size.
Alexander the Great's Macedonian Empire was the largest in size before the Roman Empire, although it was very short-lived. The largest enduring Empire before Rome was the Persian Empire destroyed by Alexander.
The Persian Empie at its height was roughly the same size as the continental United States.
No. It was under Trajan that the empire reached its largest size.
Very large - multi-continental.
If it is on size then it was Alexander's empire because it was so vast that it stretched from Italy to the present India(eastawards). This ws truly very vast. If on good army power and maitenance then it would be Julius Caesar's Roman Empire(after alexander). If not, probably the Persian empire.
Yes. The Achaemenid Persian Empire at its height and the 48-States Continental United States are both roughly 8 million square kilometers.
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.
Mongolia