Persian KingsCyrus I (ruled 559-530BC) wanted to conquer the known world and conquered Persia and Media in 554 BC and also killed King Astyages of Media in 550BC. He died in battle in 529 BC.
Cambyses (ruled 530-522BC) was the son of Cyrus, he added Egypt and died in 522 BC to which revolts broke out. Darius I (ruled from 522-486BC) was the successor of Cambyses. He moved the empire through Afghanistan and India, increasing the empire's size to 2,500 miles long. A group of ten thousand soldiers brought Darius to power. Xerxes I (ruled from 486-465BC) was the son of Darius I. He lead his soldiers to victory against the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae, to which he took Athens as well. The Greeks then won against the Persians in a navy battle with the help of the straits of Salamis. Xerxes is thought to be assassinated by one of his generals in 465BC. Darius III (ruled from 336-330BC) was the last king of Ancient Persia. His empire was taken by a young strategic mastermind, Alexander the Great, whom captured the whole known world at the time. |
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