Cyrus II of Persia (600 BC – 530 BC) established the AchaemenidEmpire (c. 550-330 BC), which was the largest empire inhistory, and stretched from the Balkans in the west to the IndusValley in the east. His successors Darius and Xerxes led the empireagainst the Greeks on several occasions. The Achaemenid Empire waspartly conquered by Alexander the Great, and was succeeded by theSeleucid Empire.

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