Through slavery and threat to kill their friends or family.
It was divided into 20 provinces each controlled by a Persian governor. They were overseen by the king and his council.
One important way the Persians controlled their empire was through delegation. After a territory or country was conquered, the Persian king would set up an authority of that country who would rule semi-independently but differ to the Persian king.
King of Kings.
One of them were the Persians.
an empire
An empire.
Yes, the Ottoman Empire, at one point, controlled Cyprus.
The Persian Empire was one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world, characterized by wealth, education, invention, and trade. ... The landscape, the climate, and the natural resources of Persia were important factors in its development, and are important parts of Iranian heritage to this day.
Their extended trading empire made them vulnerable to competition from other peoples - Greeks and Persians.
All of those three groups were, at one time, enemies of the Roman Empire.
It wasn't. Some of the most advanced culture developed in the Greek cities located within the Persian Empire.
Cyrus the Great, who founded and ruled the Achaemenid Empire, was the one who unified the Medes and the Persians. He established his kingdom by uniting these two original Iranian Tribes.