Comparing Empires (Persia vs Rome)

The empire decided that to get their culture, or religion, around to all of the people they would only have one god. It’s a lot easier to spread the word of one god than multiple, such as ancient Egypt. To maintain the order of their empire and stop chaos, they went by something known as ‘free will’. “And when their punishment shall come to these sinners,Then, 0 Wise One, shall thy Dominion, with the Good Mind, Be granted to those who have delivered Evil into the hands of Righteousness, 0 Lord!”. Free will gives the people the right to live the way they want, and to be able to believe in or practice whatever religion best suits them. Because they were able to live this way, it made the people of Persia quite happy with their empire. Most people liked the idea of free will, which meant that they had a more positive outlook on life. This meant that they believed that there was an afterlife. They believed in good, evil, heaven, and

From 1567 to 330 B.C. humanity experienced many subsequent development as well as decline in its civilizations. Among these events emerged three colossal empires that had shaken the world and forever changed the course of human history. The Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian Empires have been instrumental in influencing technology, religion, and ideas throughout the world. Various factors have contributed to the success and downfall of these giants. Each of the “World Powers” have similarities as well as distinctions in its government form and organization, religion, and economy that contributed to their triumph.

As the ruler, I would implement the ideas and Philosophies that the Persian empire used in order to have a strong and successful rule. For example the ruler would allow conquered peoples to maintain their culture, and create a multicultural capital city that contained influences from all over the empire. Though they are still ruled over their subjects, the multiculturalism will offered a different way to run an empire. The ruler and the government will also treat the people relatively respectful and practice their ways in the empire. The ruler will also implement a monotheistic religion which praises one God only. As a ruler, a skilled military society will also be beneficial to dominant imperial power. To avoid the mistakes of the Assyrians, who attempted to rule everything from a central location, the ruler will also divide the

The ancient civilizations had very different ways of running their empires throughout their time. The Persians and Greeks held very true to this statement. They both had different sources that contributed to the power they held. The Persians had a very large empire and had a specific way of controlling it. First lets see how the Persians came to be. Cyrus, the son of the Assyrian king, was supposed to be killed as a baby. He was instead taken to a village that soon became called Persia. As Cyrus matured, the people could tell he had the characteristics of a king. He soon became just that. He didn’t want to be just a ruler though, he wanted to be different. His tactics were based on mercy, forgiveness, and compassion. Cyrus did go to war still

Persia and Greece were beautiful and prosperous empires and where the most influential of their time. In this essay I will talk about the two main empires’ political structures and their economy and I will also state similarities and differences between the two empires. The two empires’ political structures might have varied greatly but their economies were very similar. Even though they had differences and had major battles they were still the ideal empires of their time.

During his conquests, he would allow the people to keep their religions and cultural differences, while allowing them to part of the Persian Empire. While Cyrus did allow these freedoms, he also was able to create an empire-wide trade network as well as a commanding

Greece and Persia’s religion is one factor that makes both of these empires so diverse from each other. During the Achaemenid Period, the main religion of Persia at the time was Zoroastrianism, which the Iranian prophet and reformer Zoroaster founded in the 6th century B.C.E. At the time the royal family brought in Zoroastrianism to Persia, and since the royal family believed in it, most of the people of the Persian Empire choose to believe in it too. Greece on the other hand, did not have a religion until 146 B.C.E when Christianity entered the empire. Before Christianity had entered Greece, they believed in their mythological stories. Each myth or story had a lesson to be learned by the reader.

The Persians were tolerant of the many cultures in their empire, they even allowed people to chose their religion and didn't impose their own religion of Zoroastrianism unto other nations...Alexander's successors like Seleucid and Ptolemy tried to impose Greek culture on their

Over the years there have been many cultures with their own set of rules. Their own set laws which run their government and help run an empire. From around 700 B.C to 330 B.C there were three different rulers, the Assyrians, Babylon’s, and Persians. The way these three empires ruled wasn’t bad but I just felt that the way the Persians ruled was much better than the others. What made the Persians greater than the rest was their leader, Cyrus the Great. For starters on why Cyrus the Great governance was better is that he was respectful to other cultures. He didn’t believe that one culture was better than the other, instead felt that everyone as equals. During his rule he freed the Jews and keeps their religion and customs. He gave respect

Throughout history many great empires have risen, flourished and collapsed. Ever since the very first empire was created, no two have been exactly the same. According to Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, in history, political units didn’t usually represent one single person or consist of one specific group (1). This is especially true of Empires. Empires contain a wide variety of people with different religions, cultural interests, and political views within their expanding borders.

The Achaemenid Empire was one of the strongest empires in Southwest Asia during the first millennium B.C.E. Courageous and skilled Persian conquerors allowed Persian rule to spread beyond Persian territory, creating one of the largest early empires (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). However, across the Mediterranean Sea was dwelled a more advanced empire with a stronger military, the Greeks (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). These prominent early empires possessed many similarities and held the ultimate goal of building and maintaining an advanced empire and society. Yet, their Southwestern and Afro-Eurasian cultures consisted of several different beliefs and ways of life. The 5th and 6th century B.C.E polytheistic Greek traditions tremendously differed from the religion of the Achaemenid Empire, which believed solely in Ahu Mazda, “the supreme god” (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). The political structures of the Achaemenid and Greek Empires were also vastly dissimilar, unlike the united Achammenid Empire; Greece consisted of several poleis’ (city states) (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014).

Persia’s Religion and Intellectual The Persian Empire made many contributions to the world. One of their ideas that has expanded is Zoroastrianism which is one of world’s ancient religions that the Persians practiced. Zoroastrianism is so influential because their rulers hold imperial powers for about 1,000 years. A male prophet named Zarathustra preached this religion.

The Persian Empire also known as the Persian Republic occupied the modern day Iran. This Empire inhabited a vase variety of cultures and religions with its occupancy of thirty five to fifty million residents. Its primary ethnicity was that of the Indo-European race. It was created in 539 B.C.E. and became the model empire for the creation of other Second-Wave Civilizations. It specialized in the ability to provide freedom to its many people. This allowed them to practice religion freely and participate in trade and commerce. The Persian Empire was a Monarchy: having one set ruler or king over the entire population. Persian Monarchy was very welcoming for its time. It allowed people to be free as long as some form of taxes was paid and the

Similar to the Roman Empire the Persian Empire stretched across vast lands without any serious rivalry. At the height of the empire it stretched across, not only, Asia, from the Aegean to the Indus River, but also included part of the continent of Africa. We get the word, Persia, from the Greek word Parsa meaning, “Above reproach”. The Persians unlike most other Empires would be ruled under a benevolent ruler. This would bring a large amount of cultural diffusion to the Empire. The empires history is separated into three historical periods: Old Persia (600-300 B.C.E), Middle Persia (300-800 B.C.E.) and modern Persia (800-Present). The height or the Empire was reached around 500 B.C.E. (Ancient and Medieval History

The army was highly equipped with thick leather pants, felt boots, mountain ponies, and ancestry arrows. Cyrus was a great ruler in terms of his ability to create the Persian Empire, made up of various groups of people with a variety of different languages, cultures, and religions. The success of Persia to hold a different form of people together, in a huge empire was largely; due to the independence given to each province, along with tolerance of other cultures and races. The diversity of Persian culture was rich with art, architecture, and their religion, Zoroastrianism, which is still practiced by some of people today. Zoroastrianism has been known to have a significant influence on early Greek philosophy and on other religions, such as, Judaism and Christianity.