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DescriptionPersian Empire, 490 BC.png	Route of Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (red line) in the Achaemenid Empire. The satrapy of Cyrus the Younger is delineated in green. This is a better map, since the Achaemenids did not hold Macedon, Thracia anymore in 400 BCE, when the expedition of the Ten Thousand took place. English: Persian Empire, 490 BC, showing route of Cyrus the Younger, Xenophon and the 10.000. Legends: ━━━━ Route of Xenophon and the 10.000 —— Limits of the Persian Empire. Expansion of Empire. ? (probably supposed to be mountains, but poorly drawn and inconsistent)
Date	27 August 2009
Source	The Department of History - United States Military Academy
Author	DHUSMA
Permission (Reusing this file)	In the public domain as original works of the United States federal government and/or military
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	02:11, 2 August 2015	946 × 682 (159 KB)	History of Persia	Achaemenid Arabia. see wikipedia article about achaemenid arabia
	11:21, 11 April 2013	942 × 684 (64 KB)	HistoryofIran	{{subst:Upload marker added by en.wp UW}} {{Information \|Description = {{en\|Added another region named Maka, it was listen on the Behistun inscription as part of the Achaemenid Empire.}} \|Source = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Persian_Empire,_490_...
	19:21, 10 April 2013	942 × 684 (64 KB)	HistoryofIran	Changed where Chorasmia was written, it was much closer to the Aral sea.
	19:19, 10 April 2013	942 × 684 (64 KB)	HistoryofIran	Added a more accurate map.
	22:55, 7 December 2012	942 × 684 (64 KB)	Geagea	Colchis and Caucasian Iberia. Not Georgia.
	16:24, 25 November 2012	942 × 684 (97 KB)	SilvioRusso	correction
	00:49, 27 August 2009	942 × 684 (64 KB)	AnonMoos	Version of File:Persian Empire, 490 BC.gif altered to display better in Wikipedia articles (converted to PNG format, slightly cropped). == Summary == ; Description : Persian Empire, 490 BC ; Author/Source : [http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/ The Depa