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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Persian Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). |
| | Cyrus rallied the Persians together, and in 550 BC defeated the forces of Astyages, who was then captured by his own nobles and turned over to the triumphant Cyrus, now Shah of a unified Persian kingdom. |
| | In 913, West-Persia was conquered by the Buwayhid, a native Persian tribal confederation from the shores of the Caspian Sea. |
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