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Achaemenid Empire شاهنشاهی هخامنشی ایران | |||||||||
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| 550-330 BCE | |||||||||
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 Achaemenid Empire. | |||||||||
| Capital | Ecbatana, Susa | ||||||||
| Religion | Zoroastrianism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Persian | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• first King | Cyrus II, the Great | ||||||||
• last King | Darius III Codomannus | ||||||||
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The Achaemenid Empire, or Persian Empire, (550–330 BC) was the first Persian Empire to rule over significant portions of Greater Persia (or Iran). It followed the Median Empire as the second great empire of the Iranian peoples. At the height of its power, the Achaemenid Empire had about 7.5 million square kilometres and was territorially the largest empire of classical antiquity.
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