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| 5032832206 | Achaemenid Empire | 1st of the Persian empires to rule over certain portions of Persia or Iran. It was after the Median Empire and had 7.5 million square kilometers of territory. | 0 | |
| 5032832207 | Seleucid Empire | A successor state of Alexander the Great's empire. It covered central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Pamir, Turkmenistan, Persia and the Indus Valley. The primary languages of this empire were: Greek, Persian and Aramaic. | 1 | |
| 5032834216 | Parthian Empire | A major Iranian empire. Parthians were horsemen and arches. In 250 BC, the Parthians founded their independent kingdom. | 2 | |
| 5032836676 | Sasanid | Mmeber of the Sassanian Dynasty | 3 | |
| 5032836677 | Satrapy | Pronounce governed by a satrap | 4 | |
| 5032839517 | Zoroastrianism | Ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran | 5 | |
| 5032969276 | Ahura Mazda | 6 | ||
| 5032972732 | Angra Mainyu | Avestan- language name of Zoroastrainism; "destructive spirit" | 7 | |
| 5032972733 | Avesta | Sacred writings of Zoroastrianism | 8 | |
| 5032974611 | Gathas | A religious work made by Zarathustra that contains hymns praising Ahura Mazda. | 9 | |
| 5032974612 | Cyrus | Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 - 530 BCE, Cyrus conquered Media, Lydia & Babylon | 10 | |
| 5032974613 | Cambryses | Son of Cyrus, emperor of the Achaemenid Empire | 11 | |
| 5032976954 | Darius | King of Persia, expanded the empire, invaded Greece | 12 | |
| 5032976955 | Xerxes | King of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. His official title was Shahanshah means 'king of kings'. | 13 | |
| 5033012608 | Alexander of Macedon | King of the ancient Greek kingdom, Macedon. He was also a member of the Argead Dynasty. | 14 | |
| 5033012609 | Mithradates 1 | Mithradates 1 (195 BC - 132 BC) was a king of Pontus. He expanded his kingdom by defeating the Romans but was later driven out by Pompey. | 15 | |
| 5033012610 | Shapur 1 | King of the Sasanian Empire. He was the second Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire | 16 | |
| 5033015029 | Zarathustra | Founder of Zoroastrianism, an official religion of Persia. | 17 | |
| 5033018289 | Persia | The first empire in the Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great. Persian history was interrupted by the Muslim conquest of Persia in 651 AD and later by the Mongol conquest of Khwarezmia | 18 | |
| 5033018290 | Media | A region of north-western Iran. Best-known for having a political and cultural base for the Medes. | 19 | |
| 5033018291 | Lydia | An Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor. Lydia was later the name of the Roman province. Coins were said to be invented in Lydia around the 7th century BC. | 20 | |
| 5033018292 | Macedonia | Ancient Kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula | 21 | |
| 5033020323 | Anatolia | Known as Asia minor | 22 | |
| 5033020324 | Ionia | Ancient region of Central Coastal Anatolia | 23 | |
| 5033022525 | Ctesiphon | Ancient city in Mesopotamia | 24 | |
| 5033027723 | Persepolis | Greek name for the ancient city of Persia | 25 | |
| 5033027724 | Pasargadae | Ancient ruined city in Southern Iran | 26 | |
| 5033029987 | Seleucus | Macedonia general who accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia | 27 | |
| 5033029988 | Marathon | City in Greece when Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens to tell them to the victory | 28 | |
| 5033032143 | Gaugamela | Battle between Alexander of Macedon and Darius 3rd; led to the Persian Empire | 29 | |
| 5033032144 | Parthia | Persian Dynasty; extended to Mesopotamia | 30 | |
| 5033034707 | Bactria | Northwestern India and ruled by Greece; speaking descendants of Alexander's Campaign | 31 | |
| 5033036483 | Gandhara | Represents Buddha as a human statue for the 1st time | 32 |
