After 3500 BC, Sumerians established many small slave countries in the two river basins. In18th century BC, King Hammurabi of Babylon unified the two river basins. In order to safeguard the interests of the slave owners, he also formulated the first relatively complete ancient code code of hammurabi in the world.
The Persian Empire and the Assyrian Empire were not in the same period. The Assyrian Empire is located in the north of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It rose in the 8th century BC and collapsed in 6 12 BC, with a history of less than 100. Assyrians live in the highlands of the upper reaches of the two rivers, grazing and hunting for a living. Assyrians were ruled by Alder, Sumer, Amauri, Hittite and other nationalities. Until BC14th century, Assyria began to rise due to the successive decline of neighboring powers (Babylon and Hittites).
In 6 12 BC, the allied forces of New Babylon and Medes captured Nineveh, the capital of Assyrian Empire, razed Nineveh to the ground and set it on fire, thus ending the empire.
In 553 BC, Cyrus II, an aristocrat from the Ahmenid family, unified the Persian tribes, overthrew the rule of King Midian and established the Ahmenid dynasty. In 550 BC, Cyrus II became king of Persia, and the Persian Empire reached its peak during the reign of Darius I, and its territory extended from the Indus River in the east to the west. After the defeat of the Persian War, the Persian Empire was devastated and was destroyed by the Alexander Empire of Macedonia in 330 BC.
The Greek-Persian war was a war between Greece and Persia, and finally the Athenian army won. After Athens won, he immediately sent a soldier, Difipitz, back to Athens to report the good news. He ran a long distance in one breath, and when he got to the city, he only shouted "Athens was saved" and died. Later, people set up a marathon to commemorate the hero.
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