The Achaemenid Empire was a Persian empire that ruled from 550-330 BC, stretching from Egypt to India. Founded by Cyrus the Great, it unified many different cultures under a single rule for over 200 years. At its height, it was the largest empire by population in the world at that time, controlling some 50 million people or 44% of the global population. While internal conflicts and invasions from Greece and Macedonia eventually led to its downfall, the Achaemenid period brought prosperity and tolerance to the Near East through policies promoting acceptance of conquered lands. Zoroastrianism, the empire's state religion, influenced later faiths like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Brief History of Persia Pt. 1:
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Persian Empire, 550-330 BC, (sometimes referred to as
the First Persian Empire) ushered in a new era in the history of the
ancient Near East. For the first time, nations from the Nile to the Indus
with different sociopolitical organizations and cultural backgrounds
were unified under a single political hegemony led by the Achaemenid
Persians.
The Achaemenid were little-known people from southern Iran. It was
from this region that Cyrus the Great would advance to defeat the
Median, the Lydian, and the Babylonian Empires, to form the
Achaemenid Empire. At its greatest extent, the empire included the
modern territories of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon,
all significant population centers of ancient Egypt as far west as Libya,
Turkey, Thrace and Macedonia, much of the Black Sea coastal regions,
Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, much of Central Asia, Afghanistan,
northern Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and parts of Oman and the UAE.
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The Empire ruled the Near East for over 200 years. Internal feuds and
tensions with the Greeks, who were considered major antagonists, as
well as the invasion of Alexander the Great in 334 BC led to its downfall.
However, the Achaemenid period is renowned for bringing prosperity
and a feeling of tranquility to the Near East. This is as a result of their
policies which promoted tolerance towards their conquered territories.
The cultural influence of the Achaemenid Empire spread throughout
most of the known world, even extending to China, where the practice
of Zoroastrianism has been documented. Zoroastrianism was the state
religion of the Achaemenid Empire, a religion that influenced other later
religions including Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
It is estimated that 50 million people lived in the Achaemenid Empire.
That was approximately 44% of the world’s population at the time,
making it by population percentage, the largest empire.
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