Median Empire ( BC) at its greatest extent () Achaemenid Empire (550 BC–330 BC) at its greatest extent () Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) at its greatest extent () Sasanian Empire (224–651) at its greatest extent () 200x200px | Samanid Empire at its greatestextent
Median Empire ( BC) at its greatest extent () Achaemenid Empire (550 BC–330 BC) at its greatest extent () Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) at its greatest extent () Sasanian Empire (224–651) at its greatest extent () File:Safavid_Empire_(greatest_extent).svg | 
R
200x200px
File:Safavid_Empire_(greatest_extent).svg
D
Samanid Empire at its greatestextent