Herodotus: The Struggle Between Greek And Persian Empires

Darius the Great was a man who had great leadership, he was the first empire of a large kingdom a kingdom of 20 nation, kingdom of Rome. In the beginning Darius had an issue on figuring out how he will rule 20 nations without causing issues. So Darius came with a plan to outline a scripture of rules on the wall of peace and corruption but there was a flaw in his plan, the people spoke different languages in the nation. He then came up with making different way to rule them by images on the wall, it showed that Darius wants no war and that the people are happy to serve him. Commoners were not able to see this rule so he had put the rules on a huge wall for them to see as they passed by doing their duties, which was 200ft above the ground from

The Role of Themistocles in the Greek Defeat of the Persians in 480 - 479 BC.

To a very large extent Themistocles did play the key role in bringing about a Greek victory against the Persians in 480-479BC. His efforts in the pre-war years, his leadership and tactical skills at Artemisium and Salamis, and his persuasive arguments all combined to offer the Greeks hope of victory. However, Themistocles, alone, could not determine the fate of the war. It would be a mistake to suggest that other people and events did not play important roles in the defeat against the Persians as well. To gain a complete understanding of why the Persians were defeated, one needs to look at the roles of the

There are several incidents in the primary source, which portray Xerxes as being superstitious and oppressive. He is very irrational pertaining to many of the examples in the primary source; he states that the Greeks “have so foolish a manner of warfare.” He is blind at seeing how determined the Spartans are at winning, which is very illogical and stubborn of him not knowing his enemies strengths. The incident when Xerxes says,

The Parthians, based in Iran, extend to Mesopotamia. They were seminomadic Parthians that drove the Seleucus out of Iran. They had a federated governmental structure and had especially strong cavalry:

Themistocles was responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars to a considerable extent. The key to Athens' strength in the 5th Century BC was in this general and statesman and therefore, as Greek victory relied so heavily on Athens, Themistocles vitally contributed to the outcome of the Persian king’s invasion of 480-479 BC. His early life reflects the character and skills developed that were responsible for these contributions. Five pivotal roles he undertook were of varying degrees responsible for Greece’s success against Xerxes. Themistocles possessed an incredible foresight

Empires were different in the way they exerted power because they could affect places outside their empire in a positive or negative way. The Persians exerted their power by thinking they were superior to all other people at that time and when they heard a place had riches they would go plunder it. In document 1 it describes that since they thought they were superior they had the right to go plunder places with luxury.

King Xerxes I was the son of King Darius the Great, arguably “the greatest monarch in all of the ancient world”1. Unlike his more successful father Darius, Xerxes’ actions did not strengthen the Persian Empire, but led

Bradford really brings up Xerxes background about how religious he was. He proclaims himself to be the all mighty king, a God. Xerxes was very manipulative with trying to influence Egypt to be a polytheism nation. Greece fought hard to keep their independence from Xerxes monarchy. To continue his plans to invade Europe, Xerxes starts to build a canal through Mount Athos. Persian was very wealthy so they have everything that they could need to build the canal. Xerxes brought people over from Asian Minor to help with the digging; the majority of them were Phoenicians. Phoenicians were the most advance people from that time period. They help perfect the canal so that Xerxes could fit the Persians warships through them. After completing the warships a storm hit and destroyed most of them, Xerxes believe that natural disasters

The foundations of an ancient empire are shaped by many characteristics originating in a civilization’s social, philosophical, and theological values. Collectively these will bring about an empire that has aspects which will classify them in distinctive ways. The aspects that will be compared between Persia and Rome are the motives for expansion, methods of expansion, the administration, the impact on those conquered and the original empire, and the reasons for the decline of each empire. When combined, these aspects predispose the individual overall shape of ancient Rome and Persia. Both empires began with conquering larger rulers and creating vast empires which had never been seen

However, they did not practice as brutal of slavery as the Greeks did. Also, like the Greeks the aristocrats held the royal and high positions (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). Governing officials called satrapies, held the task of collecting taxes from the Persian people for the “royal treasury” (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). Unlike the Greek Empire, the Achamenid dynasty was unified under one emperor. However, the emperor and his “entourage” moved throughout Persia, thus there was no specific capital (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). Dunn & Mitchell (2014) found that the Persian Empire was a “funnel of trade”. Their early popularity and dominance among Southwestern territory resulted in their “universal mission to rule the world” (Dunn & Mitchell, 2014). The Persians were one of the first among many to have this goal of conquering the world, as they knew

Have you ever wondered if one event could change history? How big would the change be? The fall of Persia, was a turning point in history after the Greco-Persian Wars. After the death of Darius, his son Xerxes ruled until 465 B.C. Xerxes was a cruel but weak king who was also defeated by the Greeks in the Persian Wars. During Xerxes' reign, the Persian Empire declined.

The element of administration comes from Darius I, he took control eventually after Cyrus II who built the Persian empire, he was a brilliant conquer and he understood how to run the empire. Darius, I he took over and made the Persian empire into a functioning organization. He was well known for his love of bureaucracy. He created a set of laws for all of Persia to abide by but he created a system of states within this with one of his people in charge of each along with other locals. He allowed the states to create their own local laws, therefore it would differ depending on what state you resided in. The best example to further explain this idea would be the way that Jewish people had control on their local law even though they abided to Persia’s basic laws. This can also be connecting

Just as a solution gains greater volume but is less concentrated when more solvent is added, the Persian empire expanded in territory and lost the richness of their culture. Herodotus and Aeschylus use their works as propaganda to show the Persians lose their culture because of their imperialism. As the power of the Persian Empire increases, the Persian people abandon their culture in favor of the wealth and power they gain through conquest.

Mountains, the Persian Gulf and arid climate make up Persia, but Persia wouldn’t be the same without their fertile soil. The fertile soil provided the ideal situation to grow an abundance of crops. They were able to provide a range of food including wheat, mustard, pomegranates and so many more. With so many crops to care for they needed efficiency and ended up using iron tools and building irrigation systems. The development around crops and the surplus of food led to population growth and elements of civilization. It is safe to say that the development and people of Persia would not have been the same without their fertile