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This category lists sites which focus on people of historical significance who lived during the period of the ancient Persian Empire.

Subcategories

• Xerxes
• Zoroaster

Resources in This Category

• Achaemenid Kings

  http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/achaemenid-kings.html
  A listing with links to information on the individuals.

• Achaemenids

  http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/achaemenians.html
  Information on the royal dynasty.

• Artaxerxes

  http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/artaxerx.html
  A biography as written by Plutarch in 75 A.C.E.

• Artaxerxes IV - Arses

  http://www.livius.org/arl-arz/artaxerxes/artaxerxes_iv.html
  An Achaemenid king who ruled 338-336 B.C.E.

• Cambyses I

  http://www.livius.org/caa-can/cambyses_I/cambyses_I.html
  A brief biography of the king, son of King Cyrus.

• Cambyses II

  http://www.livius.org/caa-can/cambyses_ii/cambyses_ii.html
  A vivid account of the invasion of the African Desert.

• Croesus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croesus
  An article of the king's demise at the hands of King Cyrus.

• Cyrus

  http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrus_I/cyrus.html
  A king and founder of the Achaemenid empire.

• Cyrus of Anšan

  http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrus_ansan/cyrus_ansan.html
  A brief article of a king, the grandfather of King Cyrus the Great.

• Cyrus the Great

  http://www.oznet.net/cyrus/cyframe.htm
  Brief biographical sketch of the first Achaemenian king.

• Cyrus the Younger

  http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrus_ii/cyrus_ii.html
  The story of the prince (424/423-401), who revolted against his brother, King Artaxerxes II Mnemon.

• Darius the Great

  http://www.livius.org/da-dd/darius/darius_i_0.html
  The life of a king, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486.

• Parthian Kings

  http://www.livius.org/pan-paz/parthia/kings.html
  A chronological list with names.

• Sassanid Kings

  http://www.livius.org/sao-sd/sassanids/sassanid_kings.html
  A chronological list with names and images.

• When Cyrus the Great Was a Boy

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-cyrusboy.asp
  Paper by Xenophon.

 

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