Ancient Iran is Persia
Generally, the greatest entity considered a part of the Persian Empire is Persia's Achaemenid Empire (648–330 BC)—famous in antiquity as foe of the classical Greek states — a united Aryan kingdom that originated in the region now known as Pars province of Iran and was formed under Cyrus the Great, who overthrew the empire of the Medes and conquered virtually the entire Middle East, including conquest of the Babylonians, the Phoenicians / Canaanites, and the Lydians. Babylonia was the only Assyrian nation that had not been conquered by Cyrus' Mede grandfather, Astyages. Cyrus's son, Camybyses, continued Cyrus's conquests by conquering Egypt.
Most of the successive states in Greater Iran prior to March, 1935 are collectively called the Persian Empire by Western historians.[citation needed]
After Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian Empire, Persian Aryan religion spread to the West in the form of Mithraism, which became reached its height of prominence as the official religion of the Roman Empire for centuries, and continued in prominence until the death of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Virtually all the successor empires of Persia were major regional and some major international powers in their day.
2007-02-16 03:06:36
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answered by Anonymous
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We iranians like romans had imperial age witch starts with median empire defeated by alexander the great then reborn with Arsacid parthian empire and end with sassanid empire islamic conquest
2015-04-09 23:29:07
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answered by ali reza arash 1
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it was a great Persian empire.it was a huge problem for the Greece and Macedonia,but then Alexander the Great took it over.there were three great battles..334b.c.battle at Granitic,333.BC battle at Issie and in 331.BC battle at Gaugemella.and of course he won.when his empire fell apart
Persia got back on its feet,but Arabian took it over in 6.centuru.
that's it.
2007-02-16 00:04:41
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answered by witch_dea 2
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It was the seat of the Persian Empire. And Iranians are not Arab. They are Persian. They speak Farsi, which is Persian.
2007-02-15 19:11:22
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answered by BloggerSphere 1
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sandy, pretty hot most of the year, lots of camels and Arab people. pretty much the same as it is now.
2007-02-15 19:03:49
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answered by Anonymous
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