History #1

Zoroaster/Zarathustra

Zoroaster, also known as Zarathustra, was the founder of Zoroastrianism. Though he was a native speaker of Old Avestan and lived in the eastern part of the Iranian Plateau, his birthplace is uncertain.

Darius

Darius I was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius the Great, he ruled the empire at its peak, when it included much of West Asia, the Caucasus

Cambyses

Cambyses II son of Cyrus the Great, was King of Kings of Persia. Cambyses' grandfather was Cambyses I, king of Anshan

Cyrus

Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire

Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire, or First Persian Empire, was an empire based in Western Asia in Iran, founded in the 6th century BCE by Cyrus the Great.

Parthian Empire

The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran.

Persian Royal Road

The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius the Great of the Achaemenid Empire in the 5th century BC

Sassanid Empire

The Sasanian Empire, known to its inhabitants as Ērānshahr and Ērān in Middle Persian, was the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam, ruled by the Sasanian dynasty from 224 CE to 651 CE

Satrap

a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire.

Satrapy

a provincial governor in the ancient Persian empire. any subordinate or local ruler.

Ahura Mazda

the Supreme Being represented as a deity of goodness and light in Zoroastrianism

Avesta

the sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, compiled in the 4th century AD.