Persia in Easton's Bible Dictionary
an ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and
from
the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
The
Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled
in Persia,
on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. They were
Aryans, their
language belonging to the eastern division of the
Indo-European
group. One of their chiefs, Teispes, conquered Elam
in the time
of the decay of the Assyrian Empire, and established
himself in
the district of Anzan. His descendants branched off
into two
lines, one line ruling in Anzan, while the other
remained in
Persia. Cyrus II., king of Anzan, finally united the
divided
power, conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylonia, and
carried his
arms into the far East. His son, Cambyses, added
Egypt to the
empire, which, however, fell to pieces after his
death. It was
reconquered and thoroughly organized by Darius, the
son of
Hystaspes, whose dominions extended from India to
the Danube.
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