World History Timeline

Timeline

6 events

6th century BCE

  1. c. 550 BCE★★★★★

    Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire

    Cyrus II defeats the Median king Astyages, laying the foundation of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the largest empire of its time.

    PoliticsDynasty· Iran
  2. 522 BCE★★★★★

    Darius I becomes king of Persia

    Darius I takes the throne, organising the empire into satrapies and building Persepolis and the Royal Road.

    PoliticsDynasty· Iran

3rd century

  1. 224★★★★★

    Founding of the Sasanian Empire

    Ardashir I defeats the last Parthian king, founding the Sasanian Empire, the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam.

    DynastyWar· Iran, Iraq

7th century

  1. 651★★★★★

    Fall of the Sasanian Empire

    The last Sasanian king, Yazdegerd III, is killed, completing the Arab Muslim conquest of Persia.

    WarDynasty· Iran, Turkmenistan

8th century

  1. 747 – 750★★★★★

    Abbasid Revolution overthrows the Umayyads

    A movement rising from Khorasan defeats the Umayyads at the Battle of the Zab, establishing the Abbasid Caliphate.

    RevolutionDynasty· Iraq, Iran

16th century

  1. 1501 – 1736★★★★★

    Ismail I founds the Safavid dynasty

    Ismail I proclaims himself shah in Tabriz, founding the Safavid dynasty and making Twelver Shia Islam Iran's state religion.

    DynastyReligion· Iran, Azerbaijan
Timeline · World History Timeline