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Whilst the greatest extent of the Achaemenid empire was 8 million km2, the Macedonian empire's greatest extent was 5.2 million km2, thus Alexander's empire never succeeded to surpass the size of the Achaemenid empire.
The '''Achaemenid Empire''' (Old Persian ''Hakhāmanishiya'') (559 BC–330 BC) was the first in a series of [[Persia]]n [[empire]]s to rule over [[Greater Iran]], and many other parts of the [[Middle East]]. At its greatest expanse, the Achaemenid Empire ruled over parts of present-day [[Afghanistan]], west [[Pakistan]], northern [[Egypt]], all of [[Iraq]] ([[Mesopotamia]]), [[Syria]], [[Turkey]] (Asia Minor), [[Jordan]], [[Israel]], and northern [[Saudi Arabia]]. The empire was the largest in [[Classical Antiquity|classical antiquity]], until it was overthrown by [[Alexander the Great]].
The '''Achaemenid Empire''' (Old Persian ''Hakhāmanishiya'') (559 BC–330 BC) was the first in a series of [[Persia]]n [[empire]]s to rule over [[Greater Iran]], and many other parts of the [[Middle East]]. At its greatest expanse, the Achaemenid Empire ruled over parts of present-day [[Afghanistan]], west [[Pakistan]], northern [[Egypt]], all of [[Iraq]] ([[Mesopotamia]]), [[Syria]], [[Turkey]] (Asia Minor), [[Jordan]], [[Israel]], and northern [[Saudi Arabia]]. The empire was the largest in [[Classical Antiquity|classical antiquity]].
==History==
==History==