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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue English A map of the Achaemenid Empire around 500 BC featuring ancient regions, settlements and Satrapies. Persian

0CC BY 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 truetrue English The Achaemenid Empire at its greatest territorial extent Persian قلمرو هخامنشیان determination

World 500 BCE.png and/or Wikipedia articles. . . . . (Ainu, Final Jomon Culture, Korean Peoples, Massagetae, Sakae) Achaemenid Persian Empire borders

4.0 truetrue English The Achaemenid Empire at its greatest territorial extent, under the rule of Darius the Great (522–486 BC) author name string: Ariyagamerpro

The world, c. 500 BC.   uninhabited   hunter-gatherers   nomadic pastoralists   simple farming societies   complex farming societies/chiefdoms   state