Learn about the Persians in Age of Empires IV, their migration to Iran around 1400 B.C., and the vast extent of their empire.
The Persians originated as one of several Aryan tribes migrating from the plains of southern Russia around 1400 B.C. They settled in the southwest corner of the Iranian plateau, on the north shore of the Persian Gulf. This land was previously occupied by the Elamites, who had been conquered and enslaved by the Assyrians. The Zagros Mountains separated the Persians from the major civilizations of Mesopotamia.
At its height, the Persian Empire was vast, extending from the Indus River across the Near East to the eastern Mediterranean coast. It also reached south into Egypt along the Nile to Sudan, across Anatolia, and into Thrace and Macedonia.
- Understand the historical context of the Persian civilization in Age of Empires IV.
- Note the geographical separation from Mesopotamia by the Zagros Mountains.
- Appreciate the immense territorial reach of the Persian Empire at its peak.
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