Kekaisaran Akhemeniyah: Perbedaan antara revisi

Pada tahun 480 SM, diperkirakan bahwa sekitar 50 juta<ref>Yarshater ([http://books.google.com/books?id=WBAZAQAAIAAJ&q=%28Meyer+p.85%29 1996, p. 47])</ref> orang tinggal di Kekaisaran Akhaimenia<ref name="Cook">While estimates for the Achaemenid Empire range from 10-80+ million, most prefer 50 million. Prevas ([http://books.google.com/books?id=1S-Q-6jDZ7AC&pg=PA14 2009, p. 14]) estimates 10 million. Strauss ([http://books.google.com/books?id=nQFtMcD5dOsC&pg=PA37 2004, p. 37]) estimates about 20 million. Ward ([http://books.google.com/books?id=8eUTLaaVOOQC&pg=PA16 2009, p. 16]) estimates at 20 million. Scheidel ([http://books.google.com/books?id=6vnkts2rOJUC&pg=PA99 2009, p. 99]) estimates 35 million. Daniel ([http://books.google.com/books?id=AzqbYf9Q_2UC&pg=PA41 2001, p. 41]) estimates at 50 million. Meyer and Andreades ([http://books.google.com/books?id=Uwn9d01zMvAC&pg=PA58 2004, p. 58]{{Pranala mati|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) estimates to 50 million. Jones ([http://books.google.com/books?id=75ueY2rqTYMC&pg=PA8 2004, p. 8]{{Pranala mati|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) estimates over 50 million. Richard ([http://books.google.com/books?id=toJI-Z_WAC0C&pg=PA34 2008, p. 34]) estimates nearly 70 million. Hanson ([http://books.google.com/books?id=6p5mAAAAMAAJ 2001, p. 32]) estimates almost 75 million. Cowley ([http://books.google.com/books?id=l6JmAAAAMAAJ 1999 and 2001, p. 17]) estimates possibly 80 million.</ref> atau sekitar 44% dari seluruh populasi dunia pada masa itu, menjadikannya kekaisaran dengan jumlah penduduk terbanyak.<ref>See http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldhis.php</ref>

 

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Nama Persia berasal dari suku India-Eropa yang disebut ''Parsua''. Persia merupakan pengucapan Latin dari orang India-Eropa, Parsua, yang menyebut perbatasan wilayah mereka [[Persis]], sesuai nama suku mereka, suatu daerah yang terletak di sebelah utara [[Teluk Persia]] dan sebelah timur [[sungai Tigris]] disebut [[Persis]] (atau dalam bahasa Persia, [[Provinsi Fars|Pars]]).<ref name=enc>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East, Volume 1|author=Jamie Stokes|publisher=Infobase Publishing|year=2009|pages=2–3|url=http://books.google.com/?id=stl97FdyRswC&pg=PA2&dq=origin+of+achaemenid+empire+origin#v=onepage&q=origin%20of%20achaemenid%20empire%20origin&f=false|isbn=978-0-8160-7158-6}}</ref> Sejarawan Yunani, [[Herodotos]], menuturkan:<ref>Herodotos, ''Historia'' 1.101 & 125</ref>