They took over northern Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Syria, Canaan, and the Phoenician cities.
What is today...
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Afghanistan
They were not countries then. The territory stretched from Libya-Egypt through the Middle East , to Central Asia and the Indus Valley.
Central Asia.
Libya and Egypt.
The Persian Empire had no one to rebel against, it was the strongest power in the region until it was taken over by Alexander the Great.
His influence was only in the eastern Mediterranean where he established his empire over Greece and the Persian Empire. He slaughtered opposition, and tried to sow Greek culture in the ex-Persian Empire.
Libya-Egypt, through the Middle East, to Central Asia and today's Pakistan.Libya-Egypt, the Middle East, Central Asia and today's Pakistan region.
The region of France today was called Gaul and ruled by the Romans as part of the Roman Empire prior to independence.
Julius Caesar ruled the Roman Empire. The capital of the Roman Empire was Rome, which was located in the region called Italia. Italia later became modern Italy.
An empire is a country, state, or region. An emperor is the ruler over the empire.
517-509 BCE: India - Darius the Persian conquers the INDUS VALLEY region, making the area a province of the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire which stretched from Libya to Central Asia.
It was smaller than most earlier regions
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