Their rulers, the Medes.
They were first conquered by the Persians
The Medes.
They absorbed the Medes, their previous rulers.
At first, they treated them with fairness but much more crule as the empire went on.
in governing conquered people the persian were much more humane than the assyrians.
Darius the Great.
The Parthians.
It did when the Persians conquered Babylon.
The Persians conquered the Babylonian Empire in 539 BCE.
The Persians conquered Phoenicia under Cyrus The Great, in 539 BCE.
Th Persians did, in fact their empires lasted longer than the Third Reich. But the Third Reich conquered faster in a few short years, but the Persians took alot of time.
Yes, the Romans had allies but they never conquered the Persians.