===== Persian Rulers =====
(return to [[Rulers of Mesopotamia]])
==== Persian Empire ====

  * [[Cyrus II]] (559-530)
  * [[Cambyses]] (529-522)
  * [[Bardiya]] (522)
  * [[Darius I]] (521-486)
  * [[Xerxes II]] (485-465)
  * [[Artaxerxes I]] (465-424)
  * [[Sogdianus]] (424)
  * [[Darius II]] (423-405)
  * [[Artaxerxes II]] (404-359)
  * [[Artaxerxes III]] (359-338)
  * [[Artaxerxes IV]] (338-336)
  * [[Darius III]] (336-331)