History of Persia

• Cyrus the Great
• Cambysses?
• [Darius I of Persia]?
• [Xerxes I of Persia]?
• [Artaxerxes I of Persia]?
• [Darius II of Persia]?
• [Artaxerxes II of Persia]? (cf Xenophon)
• [Artaxerxes III of Persia]?
• [Darius III of Persia]?

Alexander and the Seleucids

• Alexander the Great
• [Seleucus Nicator]?
• [Antiochus I]?
• ...

Parthian dynasty

Sassanid dynasty

History of Levant