Emily Dries
539 BCE
Mesopotamia and Babylon become part of the Persian Empire after
King Cyrus defeats them.
525 BCE
Cambyses, successor of Cyrus II, conquers Egypt
516 BCE
The Temple at Jerusalem was rebuilt.
499 BCE
Greek-speaking Persians revolt, but are defeated, known as the
Ionian Revolt.
498 BCE
Greeks destroy the Persian capital, Sardis, in the Siege of Sardis. In
return, Persia attacks Greeks at the Battle of Ephesus.
494 BCE
The Persians end the Ionian Revolt when they capture Miletus.
490 BCE
The Persian army defeats the Euboeans of Greece.
The Athenians defeat the Persian army at the battle of Marathon.
Persia conquers Naxos (in Crete).
The Persians put down an Egyptian revolt.
484 BCE
480 BCE
The Persians defeat the Greeks in the battle of Thermopylae.
The Greeks then defeat the Persian navy in the battle of Salamis.
479 BCE
The Greeks defeat the Persians at the Battle of Plataea. This ends the
Greco-Persian wars.
449 BCE
Peace of Callias signed between Athens and Persia.
405 BCE
Egypt claims independence from Persia after the death of Darius II
343 BCE
Artaxerxes III retakes Egypt after defeating pharaoh Nectanabo
336-330 BCE
Reign of King Darius III
334 BCE
Alexander the Great starts his conquering of Persia.
330 BCE
Alexander the Great conquers Persia after the Battle of Guagamela.
The Achaemenid Empire falls
.