For two hundred years it provided an improvement in the stability and prosperity within an empire stretching from today's Libya to Central Asia.
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The Achaemenid dynasty ruled the Persian Empire 559-430 BCE, after which it was taken over by the Macedonian King Alexander the Great.
Long distance transportation, different languages and customs, and a diversity of religions were some of the challenges the Achaemenid Empire faced.
During the Achaemenid Period, there were four: Persepolis, Susa, Pasargadae, and Hamadan (ancient Ectabana).
The Persian Empire (also known as the Achaemenid Empire) existed 550 to 330 BCE.
It was: Cyrus the Great. He was the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty.