Achaemenid Empire

Iranian (Persian) empire (550–330 BC)

thumb|The Herakleia head, probable portrait of a Persian (Achaemenid) Empire Satrap of [[Asia Minor, end of 6th century BCE, probably under Darius I]] A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median and Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic empires. A satrapy is the territory governed by a satrap.

trade route throughout the middle east

Hellenistic-era kingdom centred in northern Anatolia (281 BC-62 AD)

thumb|Zoroastrian priests (Magi) carrying barsoms. Statuettes from the [[Oxus Treasure of the Achaemenid Empire, 4th century BC]]

ancient region and kingdom in the Balkans

thumb|Type IIIb Achaemenid Daric, c. 420 BC.

ancient sarcophagus

National event during Pahlavi Dynasty in 1971

stepped structure in the Naqsh-e Rustam compound in Fars, Iran

thumb|right|250px|Ossetians|Ossetian poet [[Kosta Khetagurov wearing a bashlyk (white)]] A bashlyk, also spelled bashlik, is a traditional Iranian, Caucasian, Turkic and Cossack cone-shaped hooded headdress, usually of leather, felt or wool, featuring a round topped bonnet with lappets for wrapping around the neck. Local versions determine the trim, which may consist of decorative cords, embroidery, jewelry, metallized strings, fur balls or tassels. Among dozens of versions are winter bashlyks worn atop regular headdress, cotton bashlyks, homeknitted bashlyks, silk bashlyks, scarf bashlyks, do

thumb|400px|Moravians performing proskynesis during [[Christian worship in 1735]]

province of the ancient Achaemenid Empire

ancient canal cutting Athos peninsula

Dinon or Deinon (Greek or ) of Colophon (fl. c. 360 – 340 BC) was a Greek historian and chronicler, the author of a history of Persia, many fragments of which survive. The Suda mistakenly attributes this work to Dio Cassius. He was the father of the historian Cleitarchus.

ancient Babylonian text, part of a larger series of Babylonian

The Tachara, or the Tachar Château, also referred to as the Palace of Darius the Great, was the exclusive building of Darius I at Persepolis, Iran. It is located 70 km northeast of the modern city of Shiraz in Fars province.

Chiliarch is a military rank dating back to antiquity. Originally denoting the commander of a unit of about one thousand men (a chiliarchy) in the Macedonian army, it was subsequently used as a Greek translation of a Persian officer who functioned as a kind of vizier and of the Roman army's military tribunes. It has subsequently been used for other similar ranks and positions in other armed forces.

Semantic title used by certain historical monarchs

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Ezra–Nehemiah (, ) is a book in the Hebrew Bible found in the Ketuvim section, originally with the Hebrew title of Ezra (, ), called Esdras B (Ἔσδρας Βʹ) in the Septuagint. The book covers the period from the fall of Babylon in 539 BCE to the second half of the 5th century BCE, and tells of the successive missions to Jerusalem of Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, and their efforts to restore the worship of the God of Israel and to create a purified Jewish community. In this vein, Ezra-Nehemiah contains an anti-alien polemic, forbidding intermarriage between the Israelites and gentiles. It i

architecture of the Achaemenid Empire

solar calendar that was derived from the Persian Zoroastrian calendar

Iranian kingdom in Asia Minor (331 BC-17 AD)

historical highway in Iran

Phrase, used to represent the demand of the Persians from the cities or people who surrendered to them

traditional Iranian postal system

aspect of history

The Croeseid, anciently Kroiseioi stateres, was a type of coin, either in gold or silver, which was minted in Sardis by the king of Lydia Croesus (561–546 BC) from around 550 BC. Croesus is credited with issuing the first true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation, and the world's first bimetallic monetary system.

Ancient Macedonia under Achaemenid Persian rule

official language in Achaemenid Empire

private collection of ancient documents

ancient sculpture in Acropolis of Athens

Burial ground for dogs in Ashkelon

coins of the Achaemenid Empire

bridges constructed during second Persian invasion of Greece

thumb|300px|The Gorgon's head is a frequent [[numismatic icon (here with anchor on reverse) that may appear on a ]]

Paraetacene () was a district of ancient Persis which extended along the whole of its northern frontier in the direction of Media Magna, to which, indeed, it in part belonged. The name is first mentioned by Herodotus, who calls one of the tribes of the Medians Paraetaceni. The same district comprehended what are now called the Bakhtyari mountains and tribes. The whole country was rugged and mountainous and appears to have been inhabited, like the adjacent province of Cossaea, by wild and robber tribes. The inhabitants were called Paraetaceni or Paraetacae.

ancient Georgian country

thumb|300px|Hypaepa among the cities of Lydia (ca. 50 AD)

ancient Mesopotamian title

aspect of ancient Iranian society

unfinished relief in Bisotun, Iranian national heritage site