World History – Mr. O’Donnell

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 6^th 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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