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The Achaemenid dynasty (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁𐎡𐎹 Haxāmanišyaʰ; Persian: هخامنشی Haxâmaneši; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιμενίδαι Achaimenidai; Latin: Achaemenides) was a royal house that ruled the Persian Empire, which eventually stretched from Egypt and Thrace in the west to Central Asia and the Indus Valley in the east.
Origins
The history of the Achaemenid dynasty is mainly known through Greek historians, such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Additional sources include the Hebrew Bible, other Jewish religious texts, and native Iranian sources. According to Herodotus, the Achaemenids were a clan of the Pasargadae tribe:These were the leading tribes, on which all the other Persians were dependent, namely the Pasargadae, Maraphians, and Maspioi. Of these, the Pasargadae are the most noble and include the family of Achaemenids, the Kings of Persia, who are descendants of Perseus.Darius the Great, in an effort to establish his legitimacy, later traced his genealogy to Achaemenes, Persian "Haxāmaniš". His son was given as Teispes, and from him came in turn Ariaramnes, Arsames, and Hystaspes. However, there is no historical evidence for any of these.
Dynasty
The Persian Empire was a hereditary monarchy, though the spirit of eldest son succession was often violated through palace intrigues. The historical kings as given in Greek sources are:
See also
Achaemenid Empire
Argead dynasty
Teispids
Kingdom of Cappadocia
Pishdadian dynasty
References
Sources
Briant, Pierre, From Cyrus to Alexander: A History of the Persian Empire (2002). Translated by Peter T. Daniels. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. ISBN 1-57506-031-0.
Kuhrt, Amélie; Sancisi-Weerdenburg, Helen (2006). "Achaemenids". In Salazar, Christine F.; Landfester, Manfred; Gentry, Francis G. (eds.). Brill’s New Pauly. Brill Online.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kekaisaran Akhemeniyah
- Dinasti Akhemeniyah
- Akhaimenes
- Żul Qarnain
- Darius I dari Persia
- Koresh Agung
- Padisyah
- Dinasti Mesir Kuno
- Afganistan
- Manusia
- Achaemenid dynasty
- Achaemenid Empire
- Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt
- Achaemenid family tree
- Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt
- Sasanian dynasty
- Late Period of ancient Egypt
- Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt
- Darius III
- Pharnacid dynasty
