Persian Empire

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

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.

They created fun! FUN! '_' -_- '_' -_- '_'

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.

The successful invasion was led by Macedonia and its king Alexander the Great, with Greek allies assisting.

It ranged across Egyptians, Phoenicians, Thracians, Carians, Greeks, Armenians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Bactrians, Indians, and many other tribes and peoples.

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.

He was not so silly as to interfere with the local religions, which he left alone. He had enough problems in governing such a disparate lot of peoples and cultures without trying to impose religion on them.

The main weakness was their size. With such a large territory it was hard to control and protect everyone

Macedonia, led by Alexander the Great.

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Establishing a degree of stability and prosperity in Asia fortwohundred years.

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it stretched from today's Libya in the west, through the Middle East, central Asia and today's Pakistan in the east.

I don't think Zeus died.

By progressively conquering first the Babylonian Empire, then progressively Asia Minor, Egypt and Libya in the west, ad Central Asia in the east.

Shah Abbas (the Great)

No. Persia was wholly irrelevant to the US Civil War and the Confederacy's War effort. During that period, Persia (under the Qajjars) was worried about losing more and more territory to British and Russian Expansionism and Imperialism.

was maintained more or less intact

It was a courier system, by roads and by sea for official use.

Alexander the Great