The Persian Empire

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Persian_Empire
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:Satrapy
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:areaAtPeak 5.5 million km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Susa
gptkb:Ecbatana
gptkb:Pasargadae
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Shekel
gptkb:Daric
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkbp:endDate 330 BCE
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Persian Empire
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Apadana
gptkb:Royal_Road
gptkb:Tomb_of_Cyrus
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Qanat_irrigation_system
Religious tolerance
Postal system
Road network
Imperial bureaucracy
Standardized coinage
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Greco-Persian_Wars
gptkb:Battle_of_Gaugamela
gptkb:Conquest_of_Babylon
gptkb:Battle_of_Marathon
gptkb:Battle_of_Thermopylae
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Cyrus_the_Great
gptkb:Artaxerxes_I
gptkb:Cambyses_II
gptkb:Darius_I
gptkb:Darius_III
gptkb:Xerxes_I
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Aramaic
Akkadian
Assyrian
Old Persian
gptkbp:populationPeak ~50 million
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Median_Empire
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Zoroastrianism
gptkbp:startDate c. 550 BCE
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Seleucid_Empire
gptkb:Macedonian_Empire
gptkbp:territoryIncludes gptkb:Central_Asia
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Macedonia
gptkb:Anatolia
gptkb:Levant
gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:Persia
gptkb:Thrace
gptkb:Indus_Valley
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Persepolis
gptkb:Pasargadae
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ernst_Herzfeld
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6