The Rise of the Achaemenids

Cyrus the Great - Early Life

Cyrus conquers Lydia

Cyrus Conquers Parthia, Bactria...

Cyrus Conquers Babylonia

Death of Cryus (530 B.C.)

Cambyses II (~558 - 522 B.C.)

The conquest of Egypt

The Lost Army of Cambyses

The expedition to Ethiopia

The pretender to the Throne, Gaum?a

Darius I ( r.522 - 486 BC )

Darius fights the pretender to the throne

Revolts in the Empire

The Behistun Inscription

Administrative Reforms of Darius

Expansion into India

The Scythian Expedition

Megabazus Conquers Thrace

Causes of the Greek Persian War

Mardonius' Disaster

The Battle of Marathon

Xerxes I ( r. 485-465 B.C. )

War Council of Xerxes

The Army of Xerxes

The Navy of Xerxes

Queen Artemisia

The Canal andThe Bridge of Xerxes

The Greek Forces

The Battle of Thermopylae

Naval Battle of Salamis

Battle of Plataea

The murder of Xerxes

Artaxerxes I  ( r.465 to 424 B.C. )

Darius II  (r. 423 - 404 B.C )

Persia and the Peloponnesian war

Artaxerxes II (r. 436 358 B.C.)

Artaxerxes' Brother Cyrus tries for the Throne

The Battle of Cunaxa

Retreat of the 10,000 Greek Mercanaries under Xenophon

Artaxerxes III Ochus ( r. 358 BC to 338 BC )

Persia Resurgent

Artaxerxes IV Arses ( r. 338  to 336 BC. )

Darius III Codomannus ( r.  336 to 330 B.C. )

Alexander crosses the Hellespont

Reasons for Alexander's Success

The Battle of Issus 333 B.C.

Zoroastrianism

Achaemenid Art

Achaemenid Architecture

Achaemenid Military

Achaemenid  Society

mp3s about the Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Empire Royal Line

Map of the Persian Empire under Darius I

Persian Coins