530 BC – 520 BCs

Events in 530 BC – 520 BC 2

• 559 BC – 530 BC Cyrus the Great Founder of the Persian Empire Cyrus the Great united the Persians and Medes and conquered Lydia and Babylon to build the first Persian empire. Famed for his tolerance, he freed the Jews from Babylonian captivity, and the Cyrus Cylinder recording his policies is often called the first charter of human rights.
• 522 BC – 486 BC Darius the Great Empire at its zenith; Persepolis built Darius I brought the Achaemenid Empire to its greatest extent and organised it into provinces governed by satraps, with a common coinage, road network and postal system. He began the great ceremonial capital at Persepolis. His invasions of Greece, however, met defeat at Marathon in 490 BC.