Achaemenid Persian Empire founded
550 BCE · Event
Cyrus the Great unites Persian and Median peoples; largest empire of its day.
On these timelines: Master, Persia and Iran
Around 550 BCE
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Socrates (469 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (586 BCE)