Persian Empire (disambiguation)
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Persian Empire primarily refers to:
- Persian Empire, any one of the many imperial dynasties centred in Iran (Persia)
- First Persian Empire (also known as the Achaemenid Empire), an Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BCE
Persian Empire may also refer to:
- Parthian Empire or Arsacid Empire (247 BCE–224 CE)
- Sasanian Empire or Second Persian Empire (224–651)
- Safavid Iran (1501–1736)
- Afsharid Iran (1736–1796)