It was a kingdom. ruled by the king and his council. It was divided into 20 provinces with Persian governors. Local government was by the normal ones of the different peoples - city-states, tribes, principalities.
The Persian Empire was a centralized monarchy with an absolute ruler, known as the King of Kings. At the top of the political structure was the king, who held immense power and authority. The king appointed satraps, who were provincial governors responsible for administering various regions of the empire. The satraps were accountable to the king and had to pay tribute to the royal treasury.
The Persian and Romanian Empires
Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.Three empires immediately come to mind: the Roman empire, the Parthian/Persian empire and the Chinese empire.
The expansion successively of Hittite, Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian, Macedonian and Roman Empires in the West, and Aryan and Indian empires in the East.
The European and Asian empires were echoes of the Alexander empire, which was itself an echo of the Assyrian and Persian empires. The European and Asian empires morphed into the nation-states of today under different political systems, so the link is very tenuous.
Iran was the centre of the Persian empire.
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It didn't. Both those empires were gone by the time Islam began.
A strength of the Persian Empire was that the people were happy. A weakness of the Persian Empire was there were too high of taxes.
Horse couriers on roads and ships on rivers and seas.
King of Kings.
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