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What was the western boundary of the Achaemenid Empire at its maximum extent?

  • Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont

  • Red Sea

  • Caspian Sea

  • Black Sea

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At its maximum extent under Cyrus the Great's successors, the Achaemenid Empire's western boundary was the Mediterranean Sea and Hellespont. This vast empire stretched from parts of the Balkans and Southeast Europe to the Indus Valley in the east.
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