The last great Mesopotamian empire ruled by native kings. Famous for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Ishtar Gate.It was a major power allied with Lydia and Egypt against the rising Persians.
Originating as the Kingdom of Anshan, a vassal of the Median Empire, it rose to power under Cyrus the Great, becoming the First Persian Empire. Spanning from the Balkans and Egypt to the Indus Valley,...
The Kingdom of Lydia was a powerful ancient Iron Age kingdom in western Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). Rising from the collapse of the Hittite Empire, it flourished under the Mermnad dynasty. Lydia i...
An ancient Iranian empire that encompassed Media, Assyria, and parts of Anatolia before being conquered by Cyrus the Great. It played a crucial role in the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
King of Lydia
Founder of the Achaemenid Empire