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Event · 550 BCE – 1979 CE

Persian Empire

Also known as

Achaemenid
Achaemenid dynasty
Akemenida
Akemenido
an Pheirs
Antiga Persia

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has partAchaemenid Empire550 BCE
founded byCyrus the Great600 BCE
has part · is the type ofSasanian Empire224 CE
has partAfsharid Iran1736 CE
continentAsia
birthplace ofIvo of Ramsey5th c. CE
birthplace ofJude the Apostle10 CE
birthplace ofSaint Christina of Persia

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