Talk:Achaemenid Empire

Dynasty vs Empire

Since we already have a Persian Empire page should this be renamed to dynasty instead? Lacrossedeamon (talk) 20:58, September 11, 2018 (UTC)

The Persian Empire page should actually be merged into this since it is essentially referring to the same regime, but "Axhaemenid Empire" is more specific not to mention the conventional name. This is also why I would advocate for the name "empire" instead of "dynasty" since that's just the term most commonly used in academic sources for this regime. I believe both are valid. Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 21:44, September 11, 2018 (UTC)

The Persian Empire page so far only mentions this one but also includes other dynasty/ empires like Nader Shah's Afsharid dynasty. I feel Empire in the context of this page is a misnomer. When talking in the context of other Empires and ruling family we don’t say the Tudor Empire or the Hanover Empire but the British Empire of which those two are Dynasties of. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 22:44, September 11, 2018 (UTC)