Achaemenid kings

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monarchs royal dynasty

The Achaemenid kings were the rulers of the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire, which at its height spanned from the Balkans and Egypt to the Indus Valley and is known for its administrative sophistication, monumental architecture, and policy of relative cultural tolerance.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Achaemenid kings canonical 15
Achaemenid Persian kings 1
Achaemenid emperors 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchs ⓘ
royal dynasty ⓘ
administrativeDivision satrapies ⓘ
capital Ecbatana ⓘ
Pasargadae ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
country Persia ⓘ
endTime 330 BCE ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
exercisedPowerFrom Babylon ⓘ
Persepolis ⓘ
Susa ⓘ
followedBy Macedonian kings of the Seleucid Empire ⓘ
foundedBy Cyrus the Great ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
knownFor administrative sophistication ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
policy of relative cultural tolerance ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian ⓘ
Elamite ⓘ
Old Persian ⓘ
legalPolicy respect for local laws and customs ⓘ
militaryConflict Greco-Persian Wars ⓘ
namedAfter Achaemenes ⓘ
notableMember Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Artaxerxes I

Artaxerxes II ⓘ
Artaxerxes III ⓘ
Cambyses II ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Darius I

Darius II of Persia ⓘ
surface form: Darius II

Darius III ⓘ
Xerxes I ⓘ
overthrownBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
partOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
patronOf Apadana of Darius I ⓘ
surface form: Apadana of Darius and Xerxes

Persepolis archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Persepolis palace complex

rock reliefs at Naqsh-e Rustam ⓘ
religion Zoroastrianism ⓘ
startTime c. 550 BCE ⓘ
territoryIncludes Anatolia ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Indus Valley ⓘ
Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
usedCurrency daric ⓘ
siglos ⓘ
usedInfrastructure Royal Road ⓘ
imperial postal system ⓘ
usedSystem satrapy system ⓘ
usedTitle Great King ⓘ
King of Kings ⓘ
King of the Lands ⓘ
surface form: King of Lands
wroteInScript Old Persian cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Persian → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
King of the Four Corners of the World → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Anshan → ruledBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Susa → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Persian army → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Yehud Medinata → ruledBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Achaemenid stone reliefs → depicts → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Great King → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid monarchs
Xerxes II of Persia → category → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → tributePaidTo → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid king
King of Kings → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid emperors
Tanyoxarces → positionHeld → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus I → category → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Persian satraps → servedUnder → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Indian contingents of the Achaemenid Empire → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian kings → succeededBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid Persian kings
Achaemenid royal inscriptions → commissionedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Haxāmaniš → partOfTradition → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaemenid royal genealogy
Processional Way of Persepolis → builtBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Tripylon → builtFor → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Achaemenid palace complex → usedBy → Achaemenid kings ⓘ
subject surface form: Achaemenid palace complex at Susa