It continued until the empire was taken over by Alexander the Great who attempted to introduce Greek culture. Later empires allowed local customs and governance, but this was disrupted by wars and takeovers by invasions and wars.
The Persian Empire under the Achaemenid Dynasty was noted for its tolerant attitude and remained tolerant throughout its history. However, this changed when the Achaemenid Dynasty was defeated by Alexander the great, leading to the creation of the Seleucid Dynasty. Subsequent Persian Empires, like the Parthians, Sassanids, Buyids, and others were still tolerant of different groups, but they had limits to their toleration that were unknown during the Achaemenid Period.
It did not change the way all empires were ruled, only the Persian Empire. It led to a greater devolution of local power and incredible non-Persian loyalty and friendship among the conquered gentry. This allowed Cyrus to use royal funds to improve the empire as opposed to using it to constantly suppress minorities.
Because the policy led to cultural diversity in the empire.
The Greek world had a fairly uniform religion and set of gods. The Persian Empire, stretching from Egypt to central Asia, covered a wide variety of peoples and religions, and it was not the Persian policy to incite religious revolts when they were trying to establish a peaceful and prosperous empire.
Cyrus did not have a policy of assimilation - the Persian Empire allowed its component peoples to retain their local governance, customs and cultures, supervised by provincial and imperial government.
This depends on the time period. For the vast majority of Persian history, the Persian people actively supported their rulers, especially during the Achaemenid Empire, which is often seen as the Golden Age of Persia. The main criticism of the Persian rulers came during the Imperialist Period where the Qajjar Shahs had a policy of selling business concessions to Europeans. This angered the Persian population because it led to a diminishing of national Persian culture and an influx of Western influence and ideals.
By ending his policy of religious toleration.
By ending his policy of religious toleration.
The Achaaemenid Empire.
It did not change the way all empires were ruled, only the Persian Empire. It led to a greater devolution of local power and incredible non-Persian loyalty and friendship among the conquered gentry. This allowed Cyrus to use royal funds to improve the empire as opposed to using it to constantly suppress minorities.
It did not change the way all empires were ruled, only the Persian Empire. It led to a greater devolution of local power and incredible non-Persian loyalty and friendship among the conquered gentry. This allowed Cyrus to use royal funds to improve the empire as opposed to using it to constantly suppress minorities.
darius was a good empire because he let the people keep their culture and keep their own god he use policy of toleration
Because the policy led to cultural diversity in the empire.
The Greek world had a fairly uniform religion and set of gods. The Persian Empire, stretching from Egypt to central Asia, covered a wide variety of peoples and religions, and it was not the Persian policy to incite religious revolts when they were trying to establish a peaceful and prosperous empire.
Cyrus did not have a policy of assimilation - the Persian Empire allowed its component peoples to retain their local governance, customs and cultures, supervised by provincial and imperial government.
It did not change the way all empires were ruled, only the Persian Empire. It led to a greater devolution of local power and incredible non-Persian loyalty and friendship among the conquered gentry. This allowed Cyrus to use royal funds to improve the empire as opposed to using it to constantly suppress minorities.
Persian policy of tolerance is acceptance of the people the Persians conquered. Therefore it grew so much because it did not matter if they conquered or not, it wasn't going to change the people's lifestyle in any way. They respected the customs of the diverse groups in their empire. EXAMPLE: the culture they conquered would not have to change their religious views.
The other way around - Greek culture influenced the Persian Empire - first because of the couple of hundred Greek city-states located in Asia Minor and the Islands which were part of the Persian Empire, and later by Alexander the Great's takeover of the Empire, and the partially-successful attempts by him and his successors to introduce Greek culture throughout the Empire.