Leaving local government in the hands of local rulers, with overall control and internal and external security provided by provincial governors under central direction.
Maintaining taxes at a reasonable level.
Cyrus established the Persian Empire. Darius consolidated it. Each to his own success.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Secure borders, strong central government by the king and his council, delegated government to the provincial governors, a tolerable level of taxation, armed forces capable of maintaing internal security and protecting the borders, a good communications system, religious tolerance, retaining the local system of government under the provincial governors, encouraging prosperity.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Retaining local governments under the oversight of Persian privuncial governors who provided internal and external security and kept taxes modest.
The eastern border of the Persian Empire was marked by the Hindu Kush Mountains, the deserts of Central Asia, and the Indus River. These geographic features served as natural barriers, making it difficult for invaders to enter the empire from the east.
His success was ready-made - he took over all of the Persian Empire stretching form Libya to Central Asia.
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.