First Persian Empire

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:area about 5.5 million square kilometers at its height
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Susa
gptkb:Ecbatana
gptkb:Pasargadae
gptkbp:conqueredBy gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:currency gptkb:daric
shekel
gptkbp:endDate 330 BC
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Persian Empire
gptkbp:lastRuler gptkb:Darius_III
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Apadana
gptkb:Royal_Road
gptkb:Tomb_of_Cyrus
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
gptkb:conquest_of_Babylon
gptkb:Battle_of_Gaugamela
gptkb:Battle_of_Marathon
gptkb:Battle_of_Thermopylae
gptkb:Ionian_Revolt
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkb:Artaxerxes_I
gptkb:Cambyses_II
gptkb:Darius_I
gptkb:Xerxes_I
gptkbp:notableSatrapies gptkb:Sogdiana
gptkb:Armenia
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:media
gptkb:Cilicia
gptkb:Lydia
gptkb:Babylonia
gptkb:Ionia
gptkb:Parthia
gptkb:Bactria
gptkb:Persis
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Aramaic
Assyrian
Babylonian
Old Persian
gptkbp:population estimated 50 million at its height
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Median_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:startDate c. 550 BC
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hellenistic_period
gptkb:Macedonian_Empire
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Libya
gptkb:Macedonia
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:Thrace
parts of India
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Persepolis
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Aramaic_script
gptkb:Old_Persian_cuneiform
gptkb:Elamite_cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5