At its greatest extent, the Achaemenid Empire included the modern territories of Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, much of the Black Sea coastal regions, northeastern Greece and southern Bulgaria (Thrace), northern Greece and Macedonia (Paeonia and Ancient Macedon), Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, all significant ancient population centers of ancient Egypt as far west as Libya, Kuwait, northern Saudi Arabia, parts of the UAE and Oman, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and much of Central Asia, making it the first world government and the largest empire the world had yet seen. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was the first world goverment the world had seen at the time it existed? ANS1 the Achaemenid Empire QSN2 What was the largest empire the world had seen at the time it existed? ANS2 the Achaemenid Empire QSN3 What sea did the Achaemenid Empire control the majority of the coastal regions of? ANS3 the Black Sea QSN4 The Achaemenid Empire expanded into what part of Asia? ANS4 Central Asia QSN5 The Achaemenid Empire controlled all of the significant settlements of what ancient country during its greatest extent? ANS5 ancient Egypt