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How far west could we take the Persian Empires? By this I mean a nation centered in OTL Persia or at least Mesopotamia dominated by Persian culture.

Option 1: Achaemenids successfully conquer Greece (there’s already a TL on that). Would they go farther into Europe?

Option 2: the Parthians beat back Rome. Seems unlikely to get as far as other options...

Option 3: The Sassanids successfully conquer Anatolia, Egypt, etc. How far could they hypothetically push into Europe proper if they did so?

Option 4: Could the Great Seljuq Empire completely destroy the Byzantine Empire? They weren’t very Persian, though...

Option 5: Could the Safavids damage the Ottomans severely? Could they have reached the Mediterranean at least?
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