Persian Timeline

·         640 BC- Rein of Cyrus I

·         600 BC- Rein of Cambyses I

·         559 BC- Reign of Cyrus II the Great

·         547 BC- Greek city-states fall under Persian rule

·         546 BC- Persians conquer Lydia

·         538 BC- Persians conquer Babylonia

·         530 BC- Reign of Cambyses II

·         525 BC- Persians conquer Egypt

·         523 BC- Reign of Darius I

·          523 BC- Darius I reorganizes the government into satrapies

·         521 BC- The Empire is extended beyond the Indus River

·         499 BC- Ionian Greek city-states revolt against Persian rule

·         493 BC- Darius the Great of Persia suppresses the revolt

·          490 BC- The Battle of Marathon

·         485 BC- Reign of Xerxes I

·         480 BC- The Battle of Thermopylae

·         480 BC- The Battle of Salamis

·         479 BC- The Battle of Plataea

·         465 BC- Reign of Artaxerxes I Longimanus

·         424 BC- Reign of Xerxes II

·         404 BC- Reign of Artaxerxes II Mnemon

·         359 BC- Reign of Artaxerxes III Ochus

·         336 BC- Reign of Darius Codomannus

·         334 BC- The Battle of Granicus

·         333 BC- The Battle of Issus

·         331 BC- The Battle of Guagamela

·         330 BC- Alexander the Great conquers the Persian Empire

 

 

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