Persia's absorption of Media gave it the strength to expand into an empire covering the Middle East, North Africa and central Asia.
The Persians. Huge and cultured empire.
The Persians did not control Greece. They had scores of Greek city-states in Asia Minor within their empire.
When Alexander the Great was crowned king he began his campaign to create his empire. He fought and defeated the Persians and extended his empire into India.
the british began to gain control of India
The Persians took control of the Middle East in the mid 600s.
The Persian Empire which stretched from Libya to Central Asia.
The Persians took control of the Middle East in the mid 600s.
Its control of an empire began in 550 BCE.
Gaining an empire is its own reward.
The Persians absorbed the Phoenicians into their empire, and used their resources.
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