Persia (roughly modern-day Iran) is among the oldest inhabited regions in the world. Archaeological sites in the country have established human habitation dating back 100,000 years to the Paleolithic Age with semi-permanent settlements (most likely for hunting parties) established before 10,000 BCE.
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Timeline
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c. 7200 BCEElamite community of Chogha Bonut established.
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4395 BCECity of Susa founded in region of ancient Persia.
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c. 3000 BCEAryan tribes of Indo-Iranians migrate to the region, among them are Persians.
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c. 1500 BCE - c. 1000 BCEDevelopment of the religion of Zoroastrianism in region of ancient Persia.
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727 BCE - 675 BCEMedes unite during the reign of their king Dayukku (aka Deioces).
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675 BCE - 640 BCEPersians settle in Persis during the reign of their king Teispes.
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c. 550 BCECyrus the Great of Persia founds the Achaemenid Empire.
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c. 550 BCE - 330 BCEThe Persian Achaemenid Empire reigns over Central Asia, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Egypt.
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330 BCEPersian Achaemenid Empire falls to Alexander the Great.
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312 BCE - 63 BCEThe Seleucid Empire replaces the Achaemenid Empire.
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247 BCE - 224 BCEParthia replaces the Seleucid Empire.
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224 CE - 651 CEThe Sassanian Empire replaces the Parthian Empire.
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651 CESassanian Empire conquered during the Muslim Arab invasion of the 7th century CE.
