Map of the ancient Near East in 540 BC
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2008-10-25
Derived from <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oriente_Medio_600_adC_(vac%C3%ADo).svg" title="File:Oriente Medio 600 adC (vacío).svg">Image:Oriente Medio 600 adC (vacío).svg</a>; modified to follow the map of the Achemenid empire of Persia - 559-480 BC in the <i>Concise Atlas of World History</i> (Andromeda, 1997).