B
C
THRACE
1 40°
IO
N
L UD
IA
CA
Ephesus
A
terrane
Damascus
BA
i ver
Tadmor
an Sea
Cyrene
BY
SA
er
LON
IA
SH
Babylon
Jerusalem
ARIA
Ecbatana
v
Cyprus
1
PARTHIA
Ri
Medi
RA
HU
T
A
Asshur
R
MEDIA
Tigris
Crete
2
Nineveh
Aleppo Eup
hr
at
Rezeph
S OF
THE SE
A
Caspian
Sea
BACTRIA
es
35°
PP
AD
I
OC
SOGDIANA
I A NS
YT H
C
S
ARMENIA
Tarsus
Sparta
ISLE
E
ANCIENT PERSIAN KINGDOM
Black Sea
Athens
D
US
HAN
GA
RT
Susa
Nippur
GA
IA
Persepolis
AR
Ur
ARABIA
Memphis
H
AC
O
S
I
2
IA
MAKA
EGYP T
Persian
Gulf
N il e
LIBYA
3
RA
IND
Tahpanhes
30°
N
A
DH
A
A
3
r
ve
Ri
25°
Re
N
d
ETHIOPIA
(CUSH)
Se
Persian homeland under Cyrus before 550 BCE
a
Kingdom of Medes, 550–525 BCE
4
4
Empire of Darius and Xerxes
20°
0
0
200
100
Return of Exiles, 538–515 BCE
300 Miles
Return of Exiles, 457–428 BCE
100 200 300 Kilometers
30°
25°
A
35°
B
45°
40°
C
50°
D
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Ancient Persian Kingdom
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