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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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Who divided the Persian empire into spheres of influence?
The Russians/Soviets made a sphere of influence in the northern third of Persia/Iran. The British made a sphere of influence in the southeastern quarter of Persia/Iran (along the border with modern Pakistan). The British also had strong influence in the southwest due to the proximity of the British Mandate of Iraq and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in Khuzestan Province.
Why did the Athenian army did not go out to fight the Persians when they arrived at Marathon?
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What Persian ruler was best known for his wisdom and compassion?
Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, is best known for his wisdom and compassion. He is celebrated for his progressive policies, including the respect for the customs and religions of the lands he conquered. His most notable achievement, the Cyrus Cylinder, is often regarded as an early declaration of human rights, promoting tolerance and justice within his empire. Cyrus's leadership style earned him a reputation as a benevolent ruler, respected by both his subjects and adversaries.
Darius I
Where the Persians more or less civilized than the greeks?
The Middle East, in what is now Iran. That is where the Persians lived.
At different times they were more and also less civilised than the Greeks.
Which Persian king divided the empire into provinces and built roads to connect the large territory?
Cyrus the Great and his successors Darius the Great and Artaxerxes.
What two ways the Persian Empire was easy to rule?
The Persian Empire was not easy to rule.
It comprised many different peoples with differing languages, customs and competing against each other, and surrounded by peoples who would like to prey on them. And the territory was spread over five thousand kilometres.
It was the system of government which the Persians used which worked - retain customary local governments, under control of Persian provincial governors and a cetral overall government.
Why was the battle of artemisium so important?
The southern Greek city-states facing the Persian invasion in 480 BCE were faced with the prospect of amphibious attacks by the Persian fleet on their cities. They kept their armies at home to protect themselves, so giving the Persian army a walkover, able to pick them off one at a time.
The Greek strategy was to destroy the Persian fleet to both lift this threat to allow their armies to come out and combine to defeat the Persian army, and also to expose the Persian sea supply line on which the Persian army depended, as Greece was too poor a country to support them.
They at first sent a land blocking force and fleet from Sparta and Athens to the pass at Tempe in northern Greece, but withdrew it when they found that the inland route would easily bypass it. They then sent a small force to the narrow pass at Thermopylai with the fleet positioned in the strait of Artemesion beside it to force the Persian fleet to try to turn the land block by sea, so precipitating a sea battle in narrow waters which would favour the Greek fleet tactically.
The fleets engaged for three days and the Greek fleet had the worst of it and withdrew to Salamis to try again. The Thermopylai land force was therefore withdrawn, the Spartans sacrificing themselves to hold the pass as long as possible to let them get away.
A good plan which failed because the odds at sea were too great in both ship size and numbers. They had to try again with a better strategy required - one which split the Persian fleet to even the odds.
Aftermath:
The Greeks then ran a this-time successful re-run battle at Salamis, splitting the Persian fleet and catching it spread out thinly in the narrow waters around Psyttaleia Island. This loss of sea dominance left the Persians undersupplied for the winter as their supply ships could not now be protected by the defeated navy which withdrew to Asia Minor, and they had to send half of their army home.
This levelled up the odds and the following spring the Greek cities sent out their forces to combine, the armies defeating the weakened Persian army and its Greek allies at Plataia in central Greece, and the Greek fleet destroying the residue of the Persian fleet holed up at Mycale in Asia Minor.
Who was the emperor of the persains when they attacked Thermopylae?
Xerxes. In Persian it is pronounced Khasharyar
Where did the Persian Empire kids go to school?
They learnt at home, under tutelege of their relatives. Schools are a later invention.
Who was known as the king of kings and reorganized and strengthend the Persian Empire?
The successive kings Cyrus the Great, Cambyses and Darius the Great.
What kind of education was in Ancient Persia?
Children were taught by their parents, and for the rich, household tutors.
How did Cyrus unify the Medes and the Persian into one empire?
He absorbed Media into partnership. This was not an empire. The empire came later when they expanded through Central Asia, the rest of the Middle East and North Africa.
Who ruled the Persian Empire in 330 BC?
Alexander the Great took effective control of the Empire in 331 BCE, so by 330 BCE there was no Persian Empire to rule - it was the Macedonian Empire of Alexander.
Where did the war between Persia and Rome take place?
Alexander the Great of Macedonia took over the Persian
empire in the late 4th Century BCE. At this stage Rome was a growing city-state confined to the Italian Peninsula fighting its neighbours there.
What statement describes the characteristics a of Persian carpets?
Weavers used geometric and floral patterns to create symmetrical designs.
What was the territory of the Persian Empire?
From Libya and Egypt in the west, through the Middle East, to Central Asia and today's Pakistan in the east.
