It was much better as the Persians promoted internal and external security and promoted improved prosperity, while leaving local government and culture in place.
Darius improved economic life in the Persian empire by encouraging the development of a money economy
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Security, stability, freedom of religion, self local government, economic improvement.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
The Golden Age of Athens, where it turned the Delian League which it had led against the Persian Empire into an empire of its own and lived the golden life on the proceeds of that empire.
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Good government.
The Persian Empire incorporated the Indus Valley.
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.