After the conquests of Alexander the Great, the history of the Achaemenids slipped into legend, myth, and obscurity. By the 6th Century CE, the likes of Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes had been all but forgotten in Iran. Instead, the Sassanid Persian Empire remembered the stories of great heroes from the Avesta, occupying the equivalent of the Achaemenids' place in history.
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Episode 16: Pharaoh Cambyses
Episode 15: The Army That Conquered The World
Episode 14: Princes, Princesses, Kings, and Queens
Episode 13: Kingship 101
Episode 12: Iranian Religion
Episode 11: King of Kings
Episode 10: Governing An Empire
Episode 9: Who Are You Again?
Episode 8: Fill in the Titles
Episode 7: The Writing on the Wall
Episode 6: Introducing Ionia
Episode 5: Crossing the Halys
Episode 4: Cyrus II, King of Anshan
Episode 3: Babylonians and Medes
Episode 2: Indo-Iranians
Episode 1: Assyria and Setting the Stage
Episode 0: Introduction
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