Persian Empire

Libya, Ethiopia, Arabia, India, Macedonia, Thrace, Scythia. Most were not organised countries as we know nation-states today, but peoples, confederations etc. And then there were the independent Greek city-states.

750,000,000 square km, 2,900,000 square mi

Iran.

He consolidated local government, established Persian provincial governors in 20 provinces to oversee and protect them, and controlled them by himself and his council.

china

Isfahan, sometimes spelt Ispahan.

another name for persia is greeks.

Iran used to be called Persia.

No - Darius I was not a Mede, he was Persian. And Persians and Medes were not black, they were Indo-European.

in 525 b.c

Alexander the Great invaded and conquered the Persian Empire in the year 334BC

Dariush the Great (522-486) ruled the Persian Empire of the Achamenids. He was NOT the son of Cyrus, he was in fact, from the junior line of the Achamenid clan, and came to power after Kambyz, son of Cyrus.

Darisuh (Darayavaush) actually wrested control from Bardya, nicknamed "the Magian" with the help of several conspirators from powerful influential Persian famillies, including Gavaruba (Gobryas). Whether he really was Cyrus' son or an imposteur is still in dispute.

Darius expanded the borders of the empire, which reached the Indus river and brought the rich provinces of modern day Pakistan into the Persian Empire. Before he embarked on any external conquests however, he had to quell uprisings and rebellions that threatened to death whole provinces of the empire, with the help of his old Spearbearer elite Imperial guard (2 regiments of 1,000 men) and the Immortal division (10,000 men). To commemorate their deeds and allegiance, he carved their portraits at his palaces of Susa and Persepolis. His object was to impose peace within his empire, and he extended its borders to establish defensible frontiers.

Dariush then faced a revolt by the Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor, which was put down in some dozen battles such as Ephesos, Chios, Pedasus, Labraunda, Miletos, Naxos, Malene, Lade etc. His object was to impose peace within his empire, and he extended its borders to establish defensible frontiers, however Eretria and Athens had intervened in the Ionian Revolt and he sent a punitive expedition against them in 490 BC. Eretria was betrayed and captured, but Athens, with the help of Plataia, turned this expedition back at Marathon.

Dariush' strength accomplished the submission of Macedon, Thrace and some northern Greek cities, and after the debacle at Marathon he realised that the only way to keep the Greeks quiet was to bring all the mainland cities within his empire. However he died before achieving this and the mission was taken up by his son Xerxes.

Dariush was known as a great admnistrator and skillful politician who held the empire together in spite of the early threats of separatism from Babylonians, Medes, Carians, Greeks and Egyptians.

King Cyrus ll (the Great).

Cyrus the Great.

Alexander the Great.

Egypt was conquered by Cambyses II, the ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, the second of the four pre-Islamic Persian Empires

Hellenistic culture in Alexander's empire was very superficial, existing among the upper class. The remainder of the people continued on their own culture.

In 326 BCE.

Contrary to popular belief, Alexander the Great was in many ways much more then a conqueror. He spread what he believed (Greek Myths stories and beliefs) Wherever her went, and showed respect towards the citizens of places he conquered. He was said to have made a mess of battles, IE he made it a true bloodbath, but this is not quite true. He did what he had to do to win... I could sit here and type all day, but that's all I can tell you about how he spread Greek Culture.

He only conquered the Indus valley. When he attempted to move into the rest of India, his army revolted - they had been fighting for 10 years and were not going to be pushed into further endless battles - they wanted to go home. He was unable to persuade or cajole them otherwise, so home they went.

As he died early, his generals split the empire amongst them, creating several kingdoms, which, after some fighting, settled down to Macedonia, Egypt, Syria and Pergamon.

Alexander the Great expanded the empire through a series of military campaigns. He conquered Persia, Egypt, and parts of India, creating one of the largest empires in history. His strategy involved swift and decisive strikes, using well-trained and disciplined troops. He also established Greek settlements and encouraged cultural assimilation, helping to spread Greek language, customs, and architecture throughout the conquered territories.

The question makes a somewhat-incorrect initial claim. As can be seen in the above map, Iraq and Afghanistan were regions that came under the historic control of Persia on different occasions. However, these regions were never called "Persia". Iraq generally went by the name "Mesopotamia" and Afghanistan had several names, such as North Khorasan, Parthia, Bukhara, etc.

The historic country of Persia is properly identified with the modern Islamic Republic of Iran, which is its successor-state (post-revolution).

1. he appointed 20 regional governors to control the provinces, and these were overseen and coordinated by the king and his council.

2. He established Aramaic, a Middle Eastern language, as the lingua franca of the Empire to facilitate communication and commerce.

Persepolis can be found in the Islamic Republic of Iran.