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The Persian empire was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who ruled from Pasargadae in what is now modern Iran. The empire lasted over 200 years, and at its peak stretched from Greece and Libya in the west to India in the east. Today, ethnic Persians make up the majority of Iran's population.
The Persian empire was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who ruled from Pasargadae in what is now modern Iran. The empire lasted over 200 years, and at its peak stretched from Greece and Libya in the west to India in the east. Today, ethnic Persians make up the majority of Iran's population.
The Persian empire was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who ruled from Pasargadae in what is now modern Iran. The empire lasted over 200 years, and at its peak stretched from Greece and Libya in the west to India in the east. Today, ethnic Persians make up the majority of Iran's population.
The Persian empire was founded in 550 BCE by Cyrus the Great, who ruled from Pasargadae in what is now modern Iran. The empire lasted over 200 years, and at its peak stretched from Greece and Libya in the west to India in the east. Today, ethnic Persians make up the majority of Iran's population.
1. Modern Iran lies at the heart of the lands of which ancient empire?
Iranians walk on a bridge through the rubble of Bam, a centuries-old citadel town in eastern Iran, in Sept. 2004. Built in the sixth century BCE, the adobe citadel was devastated by a Dec. 2003 earthquake that killed more than 26,000 people. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)
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