The Achaemenid Empire or Persian Empire 500 BC

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The Ottoman Empire 1914

Extent of Ottoman Empire 1914 (in relation to present-day countries)

Parthian Empire losses to Rome 116-117 AD

The Persian Sassanid Empire in 600

The Persian Sassanid Empire trade routes

The Persian Sassanid Empire 531-579

The Persian Sassanid Empire under Khosrau I, 531-579

Sassanid Persian and Roman Empires frontier 565

The frontier between the Sassanid Persian and Roman Empires at the death of Emperor Justinian I...

Sassanid Persian and Roman Empires frontier 384

The frontier between the Roman and Sassanid Persian Empires after the treaty of 384 AD. Despite...

The Fatimid Caliphate 909–1171

The Fatimid Caliphate at its greatest extent 909–1171

The Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258

Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923

The Ottoman Empire circa 1850

The Ottoman Empire circa 1850, with current national boundaries and Bahá'u'lláh’s path of exile.

The Achaemenid Empire or Persian Empire 500 BC