[DOC] [TLE] Achaemenid Empire, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes the ... [PAR] 550-330 BCE), sometimes known as First Persian Empire, was an empire in 
Southwest ... ancient world which at around 500 BCE stretched from the Indus 
Valley in the east, .... Cyrus the Great's son Cambyses II would become the king 
of Persia, and his ... Like his predecessors, Cyrus had to recognize Median 
overlordship. [DOC] [TLE] Zoroastrians in Iran - Wikipedia [PAR] Zoroastrians are the oldest religious community of Iran. Prior to the Islamization of 
Iran, which was followed by the Muslim invasion, Zoroastrianism was the primary 
religion of the nation. According to the country's official census, there were 
25,271 Zoroastrians ... However, it is clear that by the time of Darius the Great (
549 BC 485/486... [DOC] [TLE] Darius I - Wikipedia [PAR] Darius I was the third king of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Also called Darius 
the Great, he ... Religion, Zoroastrianism .... Darius's inscription states that his 
father was satrap of Bactria in 522 BCE. ..... The daric was also recognized 
beyond the borders of the empire, in places such as Celtic Central Europe and 
Eastern... [DOC] [TLE] Cyrus the Great - Wikipedia [PAR] Cyrus II of Persia commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also called Cyrus the 
Elder by the ... His regal titles in full were The Great King, King of Persia, King of 
Anshan, King of ... Cyrus the Great is also well recognized for his achievements 
in human rights, politics .... Attic red-figure amphora, 500490 BC, Louvre (G 197)
. [DOC] [TLE] Persian people - Wikipedia [PAR] The Persian people (Persian: ) are an Iranian ethnic group native to Iran 
who are .... Starting around 550 BCE, from the region of Persis in southern Iran, ... 
inscriptions in which the Iranian countries come first in a list that is arranged in a 
new hierarchical and .... It is well known that Darius I of Persia was himself Aryan. [DOC] [TLE] First Persian Empire 549-330 BC - Mailstar [PAR] The Influence of the Zoroastrian religion on Judaism - Peter Myers, ... The people 
of Iran have always called their country Iran, Land of the Aryans. .... Cyrus 
became king in Anshan, it seems, in 558 B.C., and it was not until 550 that he 
finally ..... even though the religious authority of Raga still seems to have been 
recognized. [DOC] [TLE] Persian civilization - SlideShare [PAR] Dec 17, 2013 ... Until the 6th century BC, the Persian lived in modern day Iran. ... The Provinces 
Darius broke the Persian Empire into many .... It is believed that ancient Persian 
script was invented by about 500-600 BC to provide ... by a Persian prophet 
named Zarathustra who lived around 600 B.C. They were monotheistic... [DOC] [TLE] The Persian Empire [PAR] Zoroaster. 3. SETTING THE STAGE The Medes, along with the Chaldeans and 
others, ... around 1000 B.C. This area extended from the Caspian Sea in the 
north to the ... This is the word of Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord the God of 
heaven has .... Darius, 500 B.C.. Former Assyrian Empire. The Royal Road. 0. 0. 
500 Miles. [DOC] [TLE] The Persian Wars - The Latin Library [PAR] These tokens symbolized submission to the king, who recognized no one as ... 
The ancestral homeland of the Persians themselves was found to the south of 
what is now the country of ... By 500 B.C the Persian Kingdom had millions of 
subjects. ... When the Persian king Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian kingdom in 
539 B.C.,... [DOC] [TLE] MAGI  Encyclopaedia Iranica [PAR] May 30, 2012 ... Thus he usurped the throne of the Persian kings. ... From at least the time of 
Darius I onwards, the Magi were the official priests of .... 500 BCE (see 
Papathcophances, p. .... services in Persia and several other countries of the 
Achaemenid empire. ... Around 520 BCE Darius I the Great assessed positively 
the... [DOC] [TLE] A timeline of the Persians - Piero Scaruffi [PAR] 500 BC: Darius makes Aramaic the

Question: Around 500 B.C. this country's King Darius I recognized Zoroastrianism
Answer: Persia