To establish and maintain effective government, internal and external security, and prosperity.
The Ancient Persian Empire originated in what is modern-day Iran.
The ancient Persian empire was located where Iran is today. Babylon was its capital city.
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.
The Persian Empire.
Persian Empire, Phoenician trading empire.
First Susa, then Persepolis.
First Susa, then Persepolis.
Alexander the Great.
Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Isreal, Jordan, Lebanon and many other countries control land that used to be the Persian Empire.
The conflict led to ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia's takeover of the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire, under Cyrus the Great.
Persepolis