It was merely a Persian religious sect which did not have a political influence. The Persian Empire was divided into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian governor (satrap), overseen by the king and his council, an entirely practical approach, not a religious one.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Hekmataneh.
The Persian War 499-449 BCE was a struggle by the Greek city-states to prevent their absorption into the Persian Empire.
It was merely a Persian religious sect which did not have a political influence. The Persian Empire was divided into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian governor (satrap), overseen by the king and his council, an entirely practical approach, not a religious one.
A fifty-year struggle of the Persian Empire trying to incorporate a couple of hundred Greek city-states within its empire to bring peace and prosperity to the eastern Mediterranean. As with all wars, it brought death and destruction.
The Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was not a person.
Persian Empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Babylonian Empire.
Alexander the Great defeated the Persian empire
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Alexander conquered the Persian Empire.
An empire is an empire, a war is a war.