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The Persian Empire (Old Persian: Aryānām Xšaθra[1], Middle Persian: Ērānšahr, New Persian: Šāhanšāhiye Irān, lit. "The Iranian Empire") refers to the imperial history of Iran, from conquest of the Median state by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC until fall of the Pahlavi dynasty due to the Iranian revolution in 1979 AD. However, during this 2500 years-long history, the empire was sometimes interrupted by the lack of a central government or foreign occupation.
Persian Empire Aryānām Xšaθra (Old Persian)
Ērānšahr (Middle Persian) Šāhanšāhiye Irān (New Persian) "The Iranian Empire" | |
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550 BC–1979 AD 550 BC–330 BC (First dynasty) 1925 AD –1979 AD (Last dynasty) | |
Capital | |
Common languages |
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Religion |
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Government | absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy (after 1906) |
Shahanshah (King of Kings) | |
• 559 BC – 530 BC | Cyrus the Great (first) |
• 522 BC–486 BC | Darius I |
• 121 BC–91 BCE | Mithradates II |
• 224 AD–242 AD | Ardashir I |
• 632 AD–651 AD | Yazdgerd III |
• 1502 AD–1524 AD | Ismail I |
• 1736 AD–1747 AD | Nader Shah |
• 1794 AD–1797 AD | Agha Mohammad Shah |
• 1941 AD–1979 AD | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (last) |
Historical era | Ancient world to 20th century |
Area | |
480 BC | 8,000,000 km2 (3,100,000 sq mi) |
620 AD | 6,600,000 km2 (2,500,000 sq mi) |
1979 AD | 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi) |
Currency | various |
The history of the Persian Empire had two different periods, the Classical Persian Empire, from the unification of the Iranian world under Cyrus the Great until death of Yazdgerd III (550 BC–654 AD), and the Modern Persian Empire, from rise of Shah Ismail I until fall of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1501–1979). It can be argued that the Persian state wasn't an Empire in it's final decades; However Imperial Iran is traditionally known as the Persian Empire and the rulers assumed the title of Iranian emperors, "King of Kings".