With no mechanical transport or electronic communication, news and responses was very, very slow. So the empire was divided into 20 provinces each with a Persian governor responsible for internal and external security, taxes and improving prosperity, overseen by the king and his council.
To cope with the different languages, cultures and structures, local government remained in place, overseen by the governor.
Successful decentralisation, the opposite of what is happening today with adverse centralised meddling and ill-effects.
Lack of communication throughout the empire/society/etc. would definetely be one of the major difficulties to taking control of a large empire/society/etc. Another would be travel. "How would they get around?" would be a good question for that. Simple difficulties such as these can lead to the fall or decline of an empire,nation,etc.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Lack of communication throughout the empire/society/etc. would definetely be one of the major difficulties to taking control of a large empire/society/etc. Another would be travel. "How would they get around?" would be a good question for that. Simple difficulties such as these can lead to the fall or decline of an empire,nation,etc.
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
The Persian Empire and the eastern Greek city-states.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.
An empire is an empire, a war is a war.
The Persian Empire incorporated the Indus Valley.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
Cyrus the Great ruled the Persian Empire .Persian empire