Achaemenid empire
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Mar 15, 2025 11:55 AM
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History
The Persian or Achaemenid empire based in ancient Iran dominated West Asia and Egypt from 559 to 331 BC.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/753898782
37.6902129249, 33.9611368291
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- Achaemenid empire (English, modern)
- Persian Empire (English, modern)
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- Sardis/Hyde? part of (administrative) Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Abydos part of (administrative) Achaemenid empire (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Aspadana/(I)Spahan/Gay/Gabai? capital of Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Bisutun/Bagistana/Vastan?/Baptana part of (administrative) Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Borazjan/Taoke?/[Tawwaj]? capital of Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Lydia/Sparda (satrapy) part of (administrative) Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Pasargadae/Batrakatash capital of Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Persepolis/Parsa/Persai/Sat Setun capital of Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum capital of Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Less than certain: Tanagra part of (administrative) Achaemenid empire (540 BC - 330 BC)
state (polity)
Pleiades
Chris de Lisle, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Achaemenid empire: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/753898782> [accessed: 19 March 2025]
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