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There are five major ancient periods of the Persian Empire
A/ The Medean Empire from 756 to 559 BCE and rulers Deices, Phraortes, Madius, Cyaxares and Astyages.
B/ The Achaemenid Empire from 550 to 330 BCE first ruler Cyrus who defeated Astyages and established the Achaemenid House that interfered with the political developments in the Helladic region and were defeated by Alexander the great.
The most famous leaders of the Achaemenid were Cyrus II the Great, Darius I who invated Greece [battle of Marathon], Xerxes I who invated Greece [battle of Thermopylae and Salamis] and Darius III who lost the Empire to Alexander III the Great.
C/ The Hellenistic Persia from 330 to 250 BCE under the rule of the Seleucid Dynasty
D/ The Parthians and the Arsacid dynasty from 250 to 226 BCE.
E/ The Sassanid Empire from 226 BCE to 651 AD/ CE and the Sassanian Dynasty.
After that year Persia was conquered by the Muslims and it will be part of the Ottoman Empire and later part of the Mongolian Empire.
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Who were some key leaders of the Persian Empire?
Kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II and Darius the Great formed and consolidated the Empire.
How would you describe the Persian empire?
What best describes the Persian Empire is an empire that we're very strong and fought many battles. Also they we're an empire that had an enormous empire! The biggest of the time, that stretched over the vast lands of Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and a little tiny bit of India. They also had some magnificent leaders, that rulers for many years. So obviously the Persian Empire was a great period of history.
How did darius change the Persian empire?
darius used some of persian's great wealth to build roads across the empire
What was some main jobs in the Persian empire?
From carpenters to the king, the Persian Empire had very similar jobs to that of any other empire. (i.e. farmers, artists, servants, etc)
What were some characteristics of the Persian Empire under Cyrus?
he had a giant zit
Who were some key leaders of the Persian Empire?
Kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II and Darius the Great formed and consolidated the Empire.
How would you describe the Persian empire?
What best describes the Persian Empire is an empire that we're very strong and fought many battles. Also they we're an empire that had an enormous empire! The biggest of the time, that stretched over the vast lands of Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and a little tiny bit of India. They also had some magnificent leaders, that rulers for many years. So obviously the Persian Empire was a great period of history.
How did darius change the Persian empire?
darius used some of persian's great wealth to build roads across the empire
What was some main jobs in the Persian empire?
From carpenters to the king, the Persian Empire had very similar jobs to that of any other empire. (i.e. farmers, artists, servants, etc)
What was so important about adding the city-states to the Persian Empire?
Some of the Greek city-states were within the Persian Empire in Asia Minor and the Islands. These cities were restive, and some of their mother cities in mainland Greece intervened on their side. Persia decided that the best way to end this was to bring those cities within the Empire where they could be controlled, and so put an end to disruption of the Empire.
How did Mali's growth and power help lead to its downfall?
Mali's power requested powerful leaders, some of Mali's leaders weren't strong. Their poor leadership weakened the empire.
What were some characteristics of the Persian Empire under Cyrus?
he had a giant zit
What did the Persian Empire give us?
Some interesting history to study. The world moved on after the fall of the empire.
What did Alexander the Great think of the conquered Persians?
He thought of them as partners in the universal empire he was establishing. Some he appointed as provincial governors. He married all his senior leaders to Persian women to help create a uniform race.
What were some of the geographics of the Persian Empire?
At its peak it stretched from Egypt to central Asia
Why were the Persian Wars important to greek City states?
Some of the Greek city-stated joined the Persians. The southern Greek states united against the Persians. Doing so stopped them being absorbed into the Persian Empire. For the Athenians, after the initial Persian invasion was repelled, they took over leadership from the Spartans, who were facing internal revolt by their serf population, and when the ongoing Persian Empire attempts were repelled, the Athenians converted the anti-Persian league, which it led, into an empire of its own - half the Greek city-states were effectively subjected to and ripped off by Athens.
What happened to Greece during the Persian war?
Some of the Greek city-states joined with Persia, the southern cities opposed the Persian attempt to absorb them into the Persian empire.
