Emperors of Persia
    The core of the Persian empire was formed from two kingdoms; the original home of the Persians, known as Fars or Parsa (now in SW Iran); and Media (in NW Iran). The empire began when Cyrus the Great conquered his Median overlord in the 6th century BC. Both the Persians and the Medes were Aryans - the word from which Persia gets its modern name, Iran.
            Cyrus II, the Great 559 to 530 BC
            Cambyses II 530 to 522 BC
            Bardiya 522 BC
            Darius I 522 to 486 BC
            Xerxes I 486 to 465 BC
            Artaxerxes 465 to 424 BC
            Xerxes II 424 to 423 BC
            Sogdianus 424 to 423 BC
            Darius II 423 to 404 BC
            Artaxerxes II 404 to 359 BC
            Artaxerxes III 359 to 338 BC
            Arses 338 to 336 BC
            Darius III 336 to 330 BC
The Persia empire was toppled by Alexander the Great in 330 BC

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