Persia Timeline

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c. 7200 BCE
Elamite community of Chogha Bonut established.
4395 BCE
City of Susa founded in region of ancient Persia.
c. 3000 BCE
Aryan tribes of Indo-Iranians migrate to the region, among them are Persians.
c. 1500 BCE - c. 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.
c. 550 BCE
Cyrus the Great of Persia founds the Achaemenid Empire.
c. 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.