HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historical Periods.

Browse eras and periods connected to films and series on the Movieline historical timeline.

Use films and series to compare how an era’s architecture, fashion, interiors and visual culture are represented on screen.

175published periods

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Early Achaemenid Empire

550 p.n.e. → 530 p.n.e.

The early imperial period of the Achaemenid Persian state under Cyrus II, including its eastern and northeastern expansion.