A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
The Medes unified Iran as a nation and empire in 625 BC. The Achaemenid Empire (550â330 BC), founded by Cyrus the Great, was the first of the Persian empires to rule from the Balkans to North Africa and also Central Asia, spanning three continents, from their seat of power in Persis (Persepolis).
The Persian empire flourished in the ancient Near East from 550 to 330 B.C. The empire began in ancient IRAN and came to include a vast territory stretching from Greece to India. It was the largest empire of the time, and its extent was unsurpassed until the advent of the Roman Empire, which reached its peak many centuries later.