What is Achaemenid Empire?
{{Infobox country | conventional_long_name = Achaemenid Empire | native_name = شَاهِنْشَاهَى هَخَامَنْشَى اىْرَانْ | image_flag = Standard of Cyrus the Great (White).svg | flag_caption = The [[vexilloid]] of the Achaemenid Empire was a [[gold (color)|gold]] [[falcon]] on a field of [[crimson]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/rooyintan/persia/AchaemenidImperialStandard.jpg |title=Vexilloid of the Achaemenid Empire |access-date=2008-07-27 |archive-date=2008-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819204831/http://www.geocities.com/rooyintan/persia/AchaemenidImperialStandard.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/rooyintan/Flags_Persia.html |title=Flags of Persian History |access-date=2008-07-27 |archive-date=2005-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050528090630/http://www.geocities.com/rooyintan/Flags_Persia.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | image_map = Historical_Atlas_of_Iran_-_Plate_No._05.jpg | map_caption = Achaemenid Empire. | capital = [[Ecbatana]],<br /> [[Pasargadae]],<br /> [[Persepolis]],<br /> [[Susa]] | regional_languages = [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Elamite]], [[Aramaic]], [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] | religion = [[Zoroastrianism]] | demonym = [[Persian people|Persian]] | government_type = [[Monarchy]] | leader_title1 = first King | leader_name1 = [[Cyrus the Great|Cyrus II, the Great]] | leader_title2 = last King | leader_name2 = [[Darius III of Persia|Darius III Codomannus]] | life_span = 550-330 BCE | p1 = Medes{{!}}Median Empire | s1 = Macedonia (ancient kingdom){{!}}Macedonia }} The '''Achaemenid Empire''', or '''Persian Empire''',<ref>{{lang-fa|هَخَامَنْشَىانْ}} {{IPA2|haχɒmaneʃijɒn}}</ref> (550–330 BC) was the first [[Persian Empire]] to rule over significant portions of Greater Persia (or [[Iran]]). It followed the [