Achaemenid Empire in 431 B.C.

Achaemenid Empire — Achaemenid Empire · The World’s Largest Empire in 431 B.C..

Interactive map of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 431 B.C. Stretching from the Aegean coast of Asia Minor across the Iranian plateau to the Indus and from Egypt to the steppes of Central Asia, the Achaemenid Empire ruled by the House of Achaemenes was the largest and most populous empire of the ancient world. Explore the map of the great satrapies of Lydia, Media, Babylonia, Egypt, Persis, Baktriane, Arakhosia, and Maka — and their main and minor satrapies — as they stood under Artaxerxes I at the dawn of the Peloponnesian War.