Note the Persian Empire extended just to what we now call India and into the European area of Thrace above Greece.
Persian Empire Map
5th Century B.C. Greece and Rome
This map of the Persian Empire also shows the route of Xenophon and the 10,000.
Map of the Persian Empire in 490 B.C.
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