Gaining an empire is its own reward.
They were subsidiary to Media and took it over, then used this combined power to create their empire.
They used Persian financial support to build a fleet to gain victory over the Athenian empire in the Peloponnesian War.
The Persians absorbed the Phoenicians into their empire, and used their resources.
The Persians
Persians
No.
Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and converted it into an empire of his own, not to destroy the Persians but to convert them to Greek culture.
The Persians conquered the Babylonian Empire in 539 BCE.
He was not mean to the Persians - he led them to form the greatest empire of the time.
An empire.
It expanded the Persians.
The Persians empire trade partners were the Greeks.