In 480 BC Darius’ son, Xerxes I, attempted to finish what his father started and conquer all of Greece. He amassed a great army of hundreds of thousands of warriors. This was one of the largest armies assembled during ancient times. He initially won the Battle of Thermopylae against a much smaller army from Sparta. However, the Greek fleet defeated his navy at the Battle of Salamis and he was eventually forced to retreat.

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Fall of the Persian Empire 

The Persian Empire was conquered by the Greeks led by Alexander the Great. Starting in the year 334 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire from Egypt all the way to the borders of India. 

Interesting Facts About the Persian Empire

• The name “Persian” comes from the people’s original tribal name Parsua. This was also the name they gave the land they originally settled which was bounded by the Tigris River to the west and the Persian Gulf to the south.
• The longest reigning Persian King was Artaxerxes II who ruled 45 years from 404-358 BC. His reign was a time of peace and prosperity for the empire.
• The Persian culture held the truth in high esteem. Telling a lie was one of the most disgraceful things a person could do.
• The capital of the empire was the great city of Persepolis. This name is Greek for “Persian City”.
• After Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon, he allowed the Jewish people to return to Israel and to rebuild their temple at Jerusalem.

How long did the Medes and Persian Empire last?

The original Persian (or Achaemenid) empire, as established by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century B.C., only lasted approximately 200 years until the death of Darius III in 330 B.C., following his defeat by Alexander the Great.21 Nov 2019

The Ancient Greece Empire
6. Ancient Greece

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6. Empires of Greece

Ancient Greece was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of …

Beginning date: 800 BC

7. The Roman Empire
7. The Roman Empire and the worst of the empires

When Did the Roman Empire Start and End?

The Roman Empire was one of the greatest and most influential civilisations in the world and lasted for over a 1000 years. The extent and length of their reign has made it hard to trace their rise to power and their fall. That’s where we come in…

We’ve gone ahead and done the research for you so you can learn more about this fascinating part of history which all started in the city of Rome, Italy. There are some things we should clarify however before we get started. It’s important to realize that the Rome Empire was a period encompassed by Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome refers to the very beginning of the city of Rome, founded in the 8th century BC, and its expansion, through to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Its different stages and developments have been split into the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.