Achaemenid dynasty

House of Achaemenes
𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹
Place of originPersis
Founded705 BCE
FounderAchaemenes (traditional)
Final rulerDarius III
TitlesShah of PersiaKing of BabylonPharaoh of Egypt
Estate(s)Achaemenid Persian Empire
Dissolution330 BCE
Cadet branches

The Achaemenid dynasty (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 Haxāmanišyaʰ; Persian: هخامنشی Haxâmaneši; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμενίδαι Achaimenidai; Latin: Achaemenides)[1] was a royal house that ruled the Persian Empire, which eventually stretched from Egypt and the Balkans in the west to Central Asia and the Indus Valley in the east.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Kuhrt & Sancisi-Weerdenburg 2006.
  2. ^ "ACHAEMENID DYNASTY". www.iranicaonline.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ^ Bresciani, Edda (1998). "EGYPT i. Persians in Egypt in the Achaemenid period". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol VIII, Fasc. 3. pp. 247–249.
  4. ^ Eusebius. Chronicle. p. 149.

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