Timeline of the Achaemenid Empire

Persian Empire timeline including important events and territorial evolution.

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenid Dynasty is the name used for the Persian dynasty which lasted from 558 to 330 BC.

• 558 BC - Accession of Cyrus the Great to the throne of Anshan in Fars and Khuzestan; he moves the Achaemenid capital to Susa.
• 550 BC - Cyrus defeats Astyages, king of the Medes, and captures Ecbatana, succeeding the Median king and uniting Media and Persia.

See also

• Timeline of Ancient Greece
• Argead dynasty

References

• CHRONOLOGY OF IRANIAN HISTORY PART 1 iranicaonline.org 1 November 2015