Achaemenid Empire , First Persian Empire , Founded By Cyrus The Great of The Achaemenid Dynasty In 550 BC

The size of the Achaemenid Empire is not known exactly because of its huge size but it looks like it included Cappadocia and Armenia in the west, and Parthia Aria and Hyrcania in the east. - Part of old persia is now known as Iran. - It was also in the east of the Zargos mountains that go up to india. The Achaemenid Empire Achievements - This Empire was one of the most powerful Empire during existence, and thats why it has achieved a lot of things that other Empires didn't. - One of their achievements was about controlling 20% of todays population all with one Empire, and managing to keep it civilized. - The Achaemenid Empire is also important because of their development of government administration and their systems and that made them powerful.