Achaemenid
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Achaemenid
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Refers to the Persian period in the Near East from the founding of the Achaemenid Persian Empire by Cyrus the Great in about 550 BCE until its defeat by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE.
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Achaemenid dynasty 559-330 BC
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