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Persia was a great empire that was ruled from the region we now call Iran. The Medes and the Persians were descended from Aryan invaders who occupied the territory almost 3,000 years ago. The Persians, however, soon seized power.
The modern name of Iran comes from an Aryan word meaning 'land of the Aryans'.
The Persian emperor Cyrus built a huge empire by conquering all the neighbouring states, extending into Pakistanjurkey, Libya and Egypt and northwards into parts of modem Russia.
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