600BC
Zoroaster changes Persian religion
550BC
Cyrus II of Persia overthrows
Medea
520's BC
Darius I builds the grand capital of Persepolis
490BC
Persian invasion of Greece
repelled at Marathon
480BC
Xerxes invades Greece; Persians
defeated at Salamis and Plataea.
401BC
Cyrus the Younger leads a
mercenary rebellion
339BC
Philip of Macedon takes over
Greece
334BC
Persians defeated at Granicus
330BC
Persepolis falls to Alexander
312BC
General Seleucus takes over the
Persian Empire
247BC
Arsaces founds the Parthian
dynasty
192BC
Antiochus III is defeated and the
Seleucid empire is reduced to Syria
53BC
Parthia defeats Crassus of
Rome at Carrhae
226AD
Sasanid empire created by Ardashir
641AD
Last Sasanian king is killed
