J.M. Munn-Rankin
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Lecturer in Near Eastern History, University of Cambridge, 1949β81. Contributor to The Cambridge Ancient History.
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Achaemenid Empire, (559β330 bce), ancient Iranian empire founded and ruled over by a line of Persian kings thought to be descended from the eponymous ancestor Achaemenes (Persian Hakhamanish). The early members of this dynasty were kings of Anshan in modern Fars. The conquests of Cyrus II (theβ¦
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