Persian Empire

PREFACE

First of all, praises to Allah SWT and Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w).

We would like to say Alhamdulillah, for giving us the strength and health to do this project work until it is done. Not forgotten to our parents for providing everything, such as internet connection, to search for information over the world wide web and their support and understanding, which is the most needed for this assignment especially during this Eid break. They also encouraged us to complete this task so that we will not procrastinate in doing it. Internet, books, computers and all that as our sources to complete this assignment.

Then we would like to thank our lecturer, Dr. Mohd Shuhaimi bin Haji Ishak for guiding us when we had some difficulties in doing this task.

Last but not least, everyone who was involved in doing this assignment until this task done.

INTRODUCTION

History

The early history of man in Iran goes back well beyond the Neolithic period, it begins to get more interesting around 6000 BC, when people began to domesticate animals and plant wheat and barley. The number of settled communities increased, particularly in the eastern Zagros Mountains, and handmade painted pottery appears. Throughout the prehistoric period, from the middle of the sixth millennium BC to about 3000 BC, painted pottery is a characteristic feature of many sites in Iran.

The prehistoric past of Iran is far older than the earliest Iranian dynasty, the Achaemenid. There is evidence of human habitation in Iran as long ago as the ninth millennium B.C. Ruled much later by the Achaemenids, the Parthians, and the Sassanids, Iran eventually hosted the Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great at the dawn of recorded history. Waves of invaders throughout the country's long history-the Greeks accompanying Alexander, Arab armies, the Turkish tribes that forced their way westward from Central Asia, and finally the Mongols, all left their mark upon the people of Persia.

The first...