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DescriptionAchaemenidMapBehistunInscription.png	English: This a map of the Achaemenid Empire showing its greatest extent. I have given it more regions as listed on the Behistun Inscription the Persian King Darius wrote telling his conquests.
Date	8 April 2013
Source	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Achemenids500BC.png
Author	Gabagool
Permission (Reusing this file)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Achemenids500BC.png

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:53, 23 October 2015	1,020 × 652 (17 KB)	LouisAragon	blocked sock.
	02:01, 13 October 2015	1,020 × 652 (22 KB)	History of Persia	My apologies sir but they did conquer parts of arabia. See the Achaemenid Arabia article.
	01:50, 13 October 2015	1,020 × 652 (17 KB)	LouisAragon	Reverted to version as of 22:39, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
	01:24, 13 October 2015	1,020 × 652 (22 KB)	LouisAragon	correct.
	01:21, 13 October 2015	1,020 × 652 (22 KB)	LouisAragon	They simply did not conquer those territories you just added on all sides.
	23:28, 8 September 2015	1,012 × 648 (19 KB)	History of Persia	More accurate map. info on greek territories: File:Map Greco-Persian Wars-en.svg, size of Mascat (modern Oman/UAE): File:East-Hem 600bc.jpg. clay tablets in old persian have been found in bahrain, so its likely they were part of the achaemenid empire,...
	00:48, 29 July 2015	1,020 × 652 (20 KB)	History of Persia	made achaemenid arabia better
	00:25, 9 July 2015	1,020 × 652 (22 KB)	History of Persia	They had also conquered arabia-petrea (though it did not exist with that name) A wikipedia article of the province exists: Achaemenid Arabia
	22:39, 6 February 2015	1,020 × 652 (17 KB)	HistoryofIran	I aprreciete your effort, but could you please upload the picture instead of replacing it with mine? thanks.
	04:55, 29 January 2015	1,020 × 652 (59 KB)	Javierfv1212	Updated the map by delineating the conquests of the three major Persian conqueror Kings, and also adding the names of the main satrapies of the empire. As a source I used this map of Ian Mladjov's Resources from the University of Michigan's History dep...