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The Achaemenid Empire (ca. 550–330 BCE), also known as the Persian Empire, was the successor state of the Median Empire, ruling over significant portions of what would become Greater Iran. Please enjoy watching Part 4 of Ancient Persia Picture Collection.

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Part 3 of Ancient Persia Pictures

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Several more pictures of Ancient Persia

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The empires that rule Persia:

* Early Civilization in Persia
* The Achaemenid Empire (550-330 B.C.)
* The Seleucid Period (320-141 BC)
* The Parthian Empire (250 BC- AD 225)
* The Sassanian Dynasty (A.D. 224-642)

A few pictures from ancient to mondern Persia (aka Iran) (Part I) >>

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Troglodyte village in IRAN  700 years old - In the north west of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, The villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock. The age of some houses is more than 700 years.

Throughout the ancient world including Persia, both men and women used make-up, wore jewellery and colored their body parts. Moreover, their garments were both elaborate and colorful. Rather than being marked by gender, clothing styles were distinguished by class and status.

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