Persian Empire

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The Persians developed a highly efficient communication system, exemplified by the Royal Road, which spanned over 1,600 miles and connected key cities across the empire. This road featured relay stations with fresh horses, allowing messages to travel rapidly across vast distances. Additionally, the use of standardized Aramaic as a lingua franca facilitated clearer communication among diverse populations. Together, these elements enabled effective governance and swift dissemination of information throughout the Persian Empire.

From his entry to Asia Minor 334-326BCE.

The Empire tried to maintain peace and prosperity within the Empire, and protect it from external interference. It achieved this to a fair degree for over two hundred years until it was taken over by a Macedonian invasion led by Alexander the Great.

Improvements in stability, peace and prosperity in southern Asia and north Africa for two centuries.

The Persian Empire included a vast territory that stretched across parts of present-day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It was one of the largest empires in ancient history.

Responsible rule, leaving local government in place.

Light taxes.

Provision of internal and external security.

Improving properity.

From today's Libya, through Egypt, the Middle East, Central Asia, to Pakistan.

The Macedonian army, allies and mercenaries under King Alexander the Great.

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The Persian Empire comprised many people, some of whom at different times rebelled for different reasons. The Greek city-states in Asia Minor rebelled over losing independence, after being stirred up by a Greek tyrant appointed by the Persians who was in trouble with the Persian governor. There were rebellions in Central Asia, and in Egypt, usually stirred up by a local ruler trying to gain dominance and secession.

Cyrus the Great.

Darius the Great was king 522-484 BCE.

Persia, a subsidiary state to Media, incorporated it and used this combined strength to absorb the Middle East, then expand to north Africa in the wast to today's Pakistan in the east.

With the Indus River in the east and the Mediterranean Sea in the west, it thought it had established defensible frontiers, however the Greek cities in Asia Minor were restive and led it to war across the Aegean Sea with the mainland Greek cities. This came back to bite them when Alexander the Great invaded and captured the Persian Emoire.

By establishing courier services through posting houses providing horses by land ans ships by sea.

The countries absorbed by Persia included Media, the Babylonian Empire, the remnant of the Assyrian Empire, the Lydian Empire and other peoples in Asia Minor, Thrace, Syria, Parthia, the peoples of Central Asia, Egypt, Libya.

The first empire was ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty 550-330 BCE, initially with the capital at Susa, then Persepolis.

He captured the eastern Mediterranean ports to eliminate the Persian navy threat and then defeated the Persian armies.

Farming, fishing, sailors, tradesmen, minor industry, trading, as servants, military service, entertainers and prostitutes, etc etc, all the usual things.

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.

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By first adding diverse areas which gave it resources - human and production.

By establishing effective government, based on existing local self-rule, with provincial governors to maintain internal and external security under the central direction of the king and his council.

By promoting stability and commerce.

By first incorporating its previously dominant neighbour Media, then using this combined power to progressively take over the Middle East and expanding progressively into north Africa and central Asia.

It was taken over by Alexander the Great by the 320s BCE. At that stage Rome was a city-state trying to establish its interests in peninsular Italy.