The Achaemenid Empire (Old Persian: Hakhāmanishiya also frequently, the 'Achaemenid Persian Empire'.) was the first of the Persian Empires to rule over significant portions of Greater Iran, and eventually extended east incorporating modern Afghanistan into portions of Pakistan, north and west through all of Turkey (Anatolia) into the upper Balkans peninsula (Thrace), and most of the Black Sea Coastal regions as well as westerly and south-westerly through the territories of modern Iraq, northern Saudi-Arabia, Palestine, (Jordan, Israel, Lebanon), all significant population centers of ancient Egypt, and ended as far west as portions of Libya. The name refers to both the founding dynasty (disputed) and the small subserviant tributary state which became its own self-liberator and the conqueror of the older Medean Empire. It is the political entity that generally comes to mind when referring to the ancient Persian Empire in western cultures—it was the empire which threw off the yoke of existence as a tribuary state of the Medes (founders of the first empires in greater Persia/Iran), the empire which humbled and ruled Egypt, which twice threatened to conquer all the ancient Greeks, and which in turn, eventually fell to Alexander the Great — in its time it was a comparative superpower with high cultural and economical achievements during its lengthy rule over a vast region ten times the size of modern Germany from its picturesque capital at Persepolis.
This image is the Naghsh-i Jahan Square (Persian: ميدان نقش جهان) situated at the center of Isfahan city, Iran which is the one of largest city square in the world. It is an important historical site and one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. The square is surrounded by important historical buildings from the Safavid era. The Shah Mosque is situated on the south side of this square. On the west side you can find Ali Qapu Palace. Sheikh Lotf Allah Mosque is situated on the eastern side of this square and you can get into Isfahan Grand Bazaar at the northern side. Today, Namaaz-e Jom'eh (Friday Prayer) is held in this square in front of the Shah Mosque.
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