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This map is of the Achaemenid Empire (550-330 BCE).
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Achaemenid
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| How long the empire lasted. |
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| Largest empire in ancient history. |
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| At its height spanned across Asia, Africa, and Europe. |
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Cyrus the Great
Peak ruler; created empire |
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| The most disgraceful thing you could do in Persian society |
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| Telling a lie, the second worst was to owe a debt. According Herodotus, an ancient Greek historian, in his account of the citizens of Pontus. |
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| In the early years they spoke Elimate and Old Persian then later, adopted Aramaic after the conquest of Mesopotamia. |
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| Invasion of Greece by Alexander the Great |
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| Pasargadae,Ecbatana,and Persepolis |
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| The battle of Issus between Cyrus the Great and Darius III |
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| A relief of two servants found in the Persepolis ruins |
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| Naqsh-e Rustam, a burial place for four Achaemenid kings. |
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| Atossa,Persian queen and Darius the Great's wife |
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