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Polity Middle East

Achaemenid Empire

549 BCE – 329 BCE · 220 years

Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC

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Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Achaemenid Empire's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 500 BCE to 400 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

500 BCE 2 snapshots 400 BCE
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Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Pasargadae

546 BCE – 330 BCE

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Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

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3000 BCE – 500 BCE

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Conquests of Cyrus the Great

559 BCE – 530 BCE

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Persepolis

515 BCE – still standing

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Nabatean Kingdom

400 BCE – 106 CE

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Persian Royal Road

500 BCE – 330 BCE

Conflict · Middle East

Persian Conquest of Egypt

525 BCE – 522 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 549 BCE and 329 BCE.

546 BCE Pasargadae 525 BCE Persian Conquest of Egypt 520 BCE Behistun Inscription 515 BCE Persepolis 500 BCE Aden 500 BCE Adulis

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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