Persia

In the sixth century B.C, the land that we now call Iran was the center of the largest empire in the world. The kings of Ancient Persia( such as Cyrus the Great) were the leaders of a great civilization that made amazing advances in laws, goverment and communication. Founded in 550 B.C by King Cyrus the Great, the Persian Empire spanned from Egypt in the west to Turkey in the north, and through Mesopotamia to the Indus River in the east. Unlike most empires at that time, the Persian kings were benovelent

Ancient Persia were one of the most influential and most powerful empires of its time.This empire was its known for tolerance of its conquered peoples and it literary,educational,mathematical,and governmental achievements. Cementing its place forever in history and landing it a spot among one of the world’s most powerful empires. One of Persia achievements was the skill of building roads for travel and trading. One of these roads was the Persian royal road which spread from Anatolia to Aegean Sea

The king of Persia was able to generate a positive name for himself even from those who descended from conflicting countries. Cyrus the Great, the Persian king, conquered and expanded his empire in 550 B.C. as well as creating a name for himself during his rule. He became widely known as a noble hero to many, even outsiders, who eventually wrote documents such as the Book of Ezra and the Cyropaedia which depicted Cyrus as a powerful, wise, and thoughtful leader. The Athenians disagreed with Persia’s

Ancient Persia also known as the Achaemenid Empire is known to be one of the greatest empires in ancient history. It was viewed as the first “humane, equal and religiously tolerant empire.” It was made up of several different languages, races, religions and cultures. The empire would become large enough to stretch through three continents. The rise and development of Persia revolved around the rule of Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great. Cyrus was a military and political genius that would go on

Darius 1 was King of Persia, 521-486 BCE. His reign divided the empire into provinces governed by satraps, (a subordinate ruler, colonial governor in the ancient Persian empire), allowing each provinces its own government while maintaining some centralizing authority. He was one of the greatest rulers of the Achaemenid dynasty, who was noted for his administrative genius and his great building projects. During his reign ambitious and far-sighted projects were under taken to promote imperial trade

Greece, which lasted from 480 BCE to 323 BCE and Persia, which stood standing from 550 BCE to 330 BCE, were two empires that flourished for centuries. Although they both had victorious moments throughout their existence, they were constantly in battle with each other. These wars lasted for hundreds of years. The casualties were plentiful but these fights often helped their cultures spread throughout the lands. Even though Greece and Persia had contrasting religious beliefs and social rankings, they

The people of Persia struggled to live in Iran’s harsh natural environment and had formed special ideas to adapt. Being close to the Median Empire they can easily corrupt them through marriage and force where they were weak to gain power. Darius I rule led to prosperity and the making of a new Persian empire that was more organized and powerful. With his rule came the high point of Persia. Zoroastrianism prospered under his rule as well. The Greeks rose from their infertile land from a dark age using

The palace complex at Persepoils in Persia(Iran) The elaborate and exremly beautiful palace at persepoils was found in 518BC by Darius I Hystaspes, or also known as Darius the Great the king of Persia (522-486 BCE).the city that the palace was built in is the most important of the Achaemenid Persian empire cities.Persepoils was built in the region of irregular terrian which is indead on top of a large man made terrace which measured up to 455x300 meters and 900x1500 feet.The man made terrace

The Ancient Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was the first largest, continental empire. Under Darius I, it stretched from India to Africa to Southeastern Europe. Ancient Persia by Dr. Matt Waters is a detailed overview of the period (c. 550–330 BCE) from the predecessors of the mid-first millennium to the Macedonian conquest. Dr. Waters, a professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wisconsin, is also the author of A Survey of Neo-Elamite History (2000) and

significantly negative impact on the further process of the development of Persia. An enormous amount of unrecoverable resources, like timber, was used to build ships and maintain an army. After the death of Xerxes in 465 B.C., Persia did not have a strong ruler and, consequently, the process of decline started. From the side of the possible impact of technology on the development of civilization, the situation in Persia is controversial. Despite the fact the country had valuable mineral resources