Persian Empire

Initially Susa, then Persepolis when it was built.

He did not destroy it - he took it over. This was an ambition of his father Phillip II of Macedonia, however he was murdered and his son Alexander successfully took on the project.

People don't want to destroy an empire - it is much more valuable and rewarding as a going concern. The government within the Empire simply changed. Alexander retained some of the existing Persian provincial governors, replaced others with Macedonian generals. But he was about establishing good government and prosperity, not destroying.

Darius put down several revolts. He won more land for the empire and created a government for the empire !

Darius revolutionized the economy by placing it on a silver/gold coinage system. Trade was extensive, and under the Achaemenids there was an efficient infrastructure that facilitated the exchange of commodities among the far reaches of the empire.

The surplus male population of the Greek world anxious for employment, which provided Alexander withe the superior armoured infantry capable of defeating the more numerourous but unarmoured Persian infantry.

Makin babies

Egypt and Libya.

Zarathustra.

Cyrus the Great and his successors.

The Empire stretched form today's countries Libya, through Egypt, those in the Middle East and Central Asia, and Pakistan.

Here's the short answer: No.

He divide the Persian Empire into provinces each headed by a governor called a "satrap." To encourage unity he hundreds of miles of roads built or repaired. It made it easier to communicate with different parts of the empire.

A strong system of government, based on indigenous local government, Persuan regional governors and the control of the king and his council.

Maintaining internal and external security.

Encouraging prosperity.

Long distance transportation, different languages and customs, and a diversity of religions were some of the challenges the Achaemenid Empire faced.

He founded it.

The Roman empire emerged progressively, after having gained dominence of the Italian peninsula, it expanded into Sicily and Spain in the mid-3rd Century BCE and consolidated and expanded this over the following centuries, reaching its height in the 2nd Century CE.

The Persian empire existed from 550 to 330 BCE.

So the first is Persian Empire.

Cyrus II (a.k.a. Cyrus the Great)

Alexander the Great captured it.

ZOROASTRIAN

1. Made Persians wealthy

2. Enriched the Persian culture

After his father Philip II was assassinated, he took over a hegemon (leader) of Greece, which he enforced by destroying Thebes and selling its people into slavery as a warning to the other city-states.

I'm looking for this myself but i know that they expanded because of there support of human rights and of there military might, like Cyrus the great he defeated Babylon and released the Jews, everybody in Persia was treated the same no matter what skin color.

Greek became the lingua franca of commerce.

He married all his senior commanders to Persian women to harmonise the ruling class.

He named dozens of cities Alexandria to ensure his name would not be forgotten.

He appointed his general as provincial governors, and so the ruling class was Macedonian.

Large numbers of Greek mercenaries remained in the Macedonian Empire and its successor Hellenistic Kingdoms created by his generals.

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550 B.C. for PCH