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Persian Empire   /pˈərʒən ˈɛmpaɪər/   Listen
Persian Empire

noun
1.
An empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.  Synonym: Persia.






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"Persian Empire" Quotes from Famous Books



... and thou has yet to learn The temper of thy daughter Ferangis, Now bound to him in duty and affection; Their purpose is the same, to overthrow The kingdom of Turan, and thy dominion; To merge the glory of this happy realm Into the Persian empire!" ...
— Persian Literature, Volume 1,Comprising The Shah Nameh, The - Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan • Anonymous

... eighth to the sixth century B.C. This period of expansion came to an end when all the available sites were occupied. In the sixth century the Greeks found themselves headed off, in the west by Phoenicians and Etruscans, in the east by the Persian Empire. The problem of over-population was again pressing upon them. Incessant civil wars between Hellenes kept the numbers down to some extent; but Greek battles were not as a rule very bloody, and every healthy nation has a surprising ...
— Outspoken Essays • William Ralph Inge



Words linked to "Persian Empire" :   Asia, imperium, empire, Persia, peri



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