Persian Empire timeline

3000 B.C.: Elamite Kingdom emerges
550 B.C.: Cyrus the Great founds Persian Empire
539 B.C.: Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon and releases the Jews from captivity
525 B.C.: Persia conquers Egypt
522 B.C.: Darius becomes king
490-449 B.C.: Persian Wars with Greece
334 B.C.: Alexander the Great conquers Persian Empire
323 B.C. Alexander dies in Babylon; his empire split and the Seleucid Empire forms
247 B.C.: The Parthians overthrow the Seleucids
224 A.D.: Sassanid Dynasty overthrows the Parthians
260: Shapur I captures Roman Emperor Valerian
642: Muslims conquer Persia

Timeline Ancient Mesopotamia

5400 B.C.: City of Eridu founded

4300-3100 B.C.: Uruk Period

2334-2279 B.C.: Sargon the Great creates the world’s first empire

2100 B.C.: First known legal code

2000 B.C.: The Epic of Gilgamesh is written

1760 B.C.: The Code of Hammurabi

1595 B.C.: Babylon sacked

1350-1250 B.C.: The Hittite Empire peaks

750-700 B.C.: Assyrian Empire peaks

612 B.C.: Assyrian Empire collapses

605-562 B.C.: Nebuchadnezzar II reigns in Babylon

597-538 B.C.: The Babylonian Exile

539 B.C. Persia conquers Babylon