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7200 BCE: Elamite community of Chogha Bonut established.
4395 BCE: City of Susa founded in region of ancient Persia.
3000 BCE: Aryan tribes of Indo-Iranians migrate to the region, among them are Persians.
1500 BCE - 1000 BCE: Development of the religion of Zoroastrianism in region of ancient Persia.
727 BCE - 675 BCE: Medes unite during the reign of their king Dayukku (aka Deioces).
675 BCE - 640 BCE: Persians settle in Persis during the reign of their king Teispes.
550 BCE: Cyrus the Great of Persia founds the Achaemenid Empire.
550 BCE - 330 BCE: The Persian Achaemenid Empire reigns over Central Asia, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Egypt.
330 BCE: Persian Achaemenid Empire falls to Alexander the Great.
312 BCE - 63 BCE: The Seleucid Empire replaces the Achaemenid Empire.
247 BCE - 224 BCE: Parthia replaces the Seleucid Empire.
224 CE - 651 CE: The Sassanian Empire replaces the Parthian Empire.
651 CE: Sassanian Empire conquered during the Muslim Arab invasion of the 7th century CE.