Bermuda is part of one of the largest empires in history.
The Achaemenid Empire ( [ əˈkiːmənɪd ] , from Old Persian ð ð § ð ð ¶ ð ´ ð ¡ ð ð ¡ ð ¹ Haxāmanišiya , ) , also called the First Persian Empire , was an empire based in Western Asia , founded by Cyrus the Great . Bermuda ( [ pronbərˈmjuːdə ] ) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean . He claimed the islands for the Spanish Empire .