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Persian Empire
At different times, under different ruling families, there were several different Persian Empires. Usually, the term refers to the Achaemenid dynasty empire founded by Cyrus the Great (559BC - 530BC) which was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great. To rule such a large empire, new groundbreaking systems were set up which influenced all who came after.
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How did the Persian Empire and the Babylonians interact?
The Persian Empire absorbed the Baabylonian Empire.
Did the Persian empire have rhe first postal service?
Yes. It was the first established postal system, typically accredited to Cyrus the Great (550 BC). All along the vast rode, which ran throughout the Persian Empire, there were many stations, called Shapar Khaneh, at which a rider would exchange the horse he had been riding on for a fresh one so as to maintain maximum speed along the rode.
What lesson did the Greeks learn about the Persian Empire when they captured Persepolis?
That it was such a disparate empire that to control it required constant military effort. Alexander spent the next five years suppressing revolt in the eastern provinces, and left them in some disarray in his retreat to Babylon, when he chose the coastal route rather than fighting his way back through today's Afghanistan.
How was Persian empire organized?
The kingdom was headed by a king and his council. Provinces (satrapies) were ruled by a Persian Satrap (governor) who was responsible for internal security, border security and collecting taxes. Within the provinces local government remained. A lingua franca (Aramaic) provided communcication across the empire and its many local languages. Security forces were local levies and ruling forces under command of the satraps and the king. A system of roads and ships provided intercommunication.
Who is the current Prince of Persia?
There is no real Prince of Persia--instead, this is a video game character played by youth across America. There are many versions of this game, including a Princess in it as well.
Was Contantinople the capital of the Persian Empire?
Constantinople did not exist during the tome of the Persian Empire in the 6th, 5th and 4th Centuries BCE. Constantinople would eventually become the capitals of the East Roman, Byzantine, and the Ottoman Empires in succession, but was never a Persian city, even though the Persians did occupy the Bosporus Strait where Constantinople is located.
What was the influence of the Persian Empire?
It imposed a degree of peace and prosperity on a broad band of territory arom Egypt-Libya in the west to the land we now call Pakistan in the east.
What was life like for women in Persia?
They were married at an early age, and spent their life raising children and running the household. If in a rural situation, they helped out o the farm. Others were slaves and some were prostitutes. A minority of upper class ones lived a more comfortable existence, but were still in the children-household business, but with slaves to ease the burden.
Who did the 300 spartan fight with in the battle of Persia?
The Spartans fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae .
What are three reasons the Persian empire fell?
Alexander the Great gained control of Greece and so the manpower and logistic backing to establish and maintain a strong enough army to match the Persian army.
He capturing the Mediterranean ports from which the Persian navy operated and so eliminated its navy and the threat it posed to his base of Macedonia and mainland Greece.
He defeated its armies in three major land battles -
- Granicus, after which he had the Greek mercenaries employed by Persia slaughtered so that no more would join them and provide the armoured infantry the Persians needed to stand up to his own forces.
- Issus after which he captured the Persian treasury which gave him the funds to pay and feed his own army and hire mercenaries.
- Gaugamela, where he defeated the final stand of the Persians with his expanded force.
What were the accomplishments the Persian Empire?
A couple of hundred years of relative peace and prosperity.
Why did Cyrus make the biggest contribution as Persian leader?
Cyrus' conquest was relatively humane compared to empires preceding his, such as the Babylonians and Assyrians. He allowed many areas of his empire a great deal of autonomy, rather than centrally controlling things. This distributed leadership allowed Persia to cover a greater geographical area than previous empires in that era and still be fairly stable, since most of its subjects were content to remain under Persian rule. Persian law was more codified and less arbitrary than previous empires; the king's seal declared approval of law which could only be reversed by further approved decrees -- not quite rule of law but going in that direction.
Perhaps the biggest contribution to history was founding an empire that would allow Alexander the Great to conquer a large amount of territory while essentially needing only to fight one power. The unified nature of the empire is apparent by the fact that there was little indigenous resistance following Alexander's conquest, although of course it did begin to fall apart after Alexander's death.
Which Persian innovation promoted trade and contributed to the unity of the empire?
use of standardized metal coins
Which Persian king was widely admired for his tolerance of the customs of peoples he conquered?
Cambyses II
How were satraps benificial to the Persian Empire?
They were the governors responsible to the king's central government for maintaining peace, internal and external security, prosperity and tax collection within their province.
What was so bad in the Persian Empire?
The wars and killing to establish the Empire wasn't too good. However when it was established, the Persian Empire tried to promote peace and prosperity. That's where the Greeks came to the fore and promoted disruption leading to fifty years of war between Persia and the Greek city-states.
What were the four defining characteristics of the Persian Empire?
It established a system of local, provincial and central government.
It attempted to promote peace and prosperity.
It taxed moderately.
It provided internal and external security.
Who controlled the local government in the Persian Empire?
The indigenous leaders. The Persian provincial governor oversaw their activities.
Did the Persian Empire last till 1500BC to 185BC?
No, the Persian Empire did not last from 1500 BC to 185 BC. The Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was established in 550 BC and lasted until it was conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.
What was the westernmost kingdom in the Persian Empire?
There was only one king, and hence one kingdom which we call the Persian Empire.
The kingdom was divided into provinces (Satrapies), each with a governor (Satrap).
The westernmost part of the Persian Empire was Libya in the Satrapy of Egypt.
Where was the Persian Empire located what is it called TODAY?
It stretched from today's Libya through the Middle East across to Pakistan.
Today's countries include Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria,Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
