Achaemenid Empire

Details

Instance of

historical country, historical period

Inception

550 BCE

Start time

550 BCE

End time

330 BCE

Part of

Achaemenid Period, Medo-Persia, Persian Empire

Has parts

Kingdom of Cilicia (ancient)

Follows

Median Kingdom, Neo-Babylonian Empire, Lydia, Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Massagetae, Sogdia, Gandhara Kingdom, Neo-Elamite period, Achaemenid Kingdom

Followed by

Macedonia, Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt, Sogdia

Country

Medo-Persia

Continent

Asia, Europe, Africa

Capital

Babylon, Pasargadae, Persepolis, Susa, Ecbatana

Religion

Zoroastrianism, Babylonian religion, religion of ancient Egypt

Population

17000000, 35000000

Area

5500000

basic form of government

monarchy, theocracy

category of associated people

Category:People from the Achaemenid Empire

currency

Persian daric, siglos

demonym

Achaemenid, Persian, هخامنشی, Achaemenian, پارس, Ahemenid, Ahemenidka

described by source

Larousse Encyclopedia online, The Encyclopedia Americana, Pauly–Wissowa

different from

Medo-Persia

dissolved, abolished or demolished

330 BCE

history of topic

timeline of the Achaemenid Empire

language used

Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian, Classical Armenian, Egyptian, Lydian, Ancient Greek, Median, Imperial Aramaic, Sumerian, Akkadian, Armenian

named after

Achaemenid dynasty

native label

𐎧𐏁𐏂

office held by head of state

King of Kings, Great King

official religion

Zoroastrianism, Ancient Mesopotamian religion, Judaism, religion of ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek religion

political ideology

multiculturalism

shares border with

Scythia

topic's main category

Category:Achaemenid Empire

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