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* Achaemenid - Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, etc
* Alexander - Conquered Persian Empire
* Seleucid - Alexander's General
* Parthian - Nomadic invaders who ruled Persia from horseback
* Sassanian - Native Persians who expelled the Parthians and saw themselves as the heirs of the Achaemenids
* Arab Caliphate - Part of the Muslim conquest
* Mongol Ilkhanate - Conquered by Hulagu, Grandson of Genghis Khan
* Safavid - Founded by Ismail. It was under this dynasty that Iran/Persia became Shiite as opposed to Sunni
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* Achaemenid - Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, etc
* Alexander - Conquered Persian Empire
* Seleucid - Alexander's General
* Parthian - Nomadic invaders who ruled Persia from horseback
* Sassanian - Native Persians who expelled the Parthians and saw themselves as the heirs of the Achaemenids
* Arab Caliphate - Part of the Muslim conquest
* Mongol Ilkhanate - Conquered by Hulagu, Grandson of Genghis Khan
* Safavid - Founded by Ismail. It was under this dynasty that Iran/Persia became Shiite as opposed to Sunni