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| | Dusharm, Dream of Persia - The Achaemenid Dynasty |
 | | At the height of their power, the Achaemenid rulers of Persia ruled over territories roughly encompassing some parts of today's Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Armenia, Central Asia, Caucasia and the Asian portion of Turkey. |
 | | Inscriptions indicate that when Teispes died, two of his sons shared the throne as Cyrus I (Kūru), king of Anšān, and Ariaramnes (Ariyāramna "Having the Iranians at Peace"), king of Parsua (later called Pārsa "Persia", hence Fārsi, the native name for modern Persian). |
 | | He was cousin to Cambyses II and Smerdis, claiming Ariaramnes as his ascestor. |
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