The most important factors that allowed the Persian empire to become great are their economy and their military. Document Three talks about how Persia built elaborate imperial centers, using art and architecture to demonstrate power. The building of imperial centers helped strengthen the empire by being central hubs. They allowed Persia to control the far reaches of their Empire. Military, Trading routes, and Communications were all aided by the imperial centers.
Cyrus has also played an important role on the known identity of Iran. His influence traveled all the way as far as Athens where many Athens adopted the cultures such as the Achaemenid Persian culture as one of their own (Rita, 1987). Cyrus had many successes and his reign lasted between 29 to 31 years of his life (Wikipedia, 2008). With success come many downfalls. One of his first large successes was conquering the Median Empire (Wikipedia, 2008).
Successful empires have similar factors for success, but the Persians had a unique way of growing their empire: treating their targets as guests. The other successful empires always had a downfall because their ruler was either too brutal, tiring, or too costly. Persia kept going as they treated the people they invaded with gentleness. The factors that allowed Persia to build the largest empire of all time are gentleness, respect, good infrastructure, and a good government rule because when Persians invade other cities, they do it by helping them and supporting them, growing Persia more peacefully, building more and more infrastructure that will help Persian’s wealth on food and money grow even higher.
Cyrus the Great (600-529 BC), King of Persia (500-529 BC). He was the ruler who founded the Achaemenian dynasty and the Persian empire. He built the world’s largest empire of his time. He was known for his leadership and achievement. As well as, his contribution to human rights.
Throughout the classical era, while both Roman and Persian empires declined due to weakening from combat, the Roman empire could no longer control the vast amount their empire had grown and lacked control as well as having conflict over religion being a factor which led to Roman downfall. Both Roman and Persian empires declined due to combat. While the Persian empire weakened due to their two wars with the mighty Greeks in the Greco-Persian Wars, the Romans had battles with barbarians who didn't fit into Roman society. The Persians had many troops, outnumbering the Greeks, however, the Greeks defeated Persia in the first war, completely destroying the Persian army and weakening its empire greatly. A number of years later, the Persians again challenged the Greeks.
The Persian empire was established by Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Great controlled areas from Asia Minor to India up until his death in 530 b.c. At the time the Achaemenid Empire, in which he founded, was the largest empire in the world. The Persian Empire lasted from 539 b.c., to 330 b.c. While he was ruling the Persian Empire, he conquered most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia as well.
Cyrus the Great (559-530 B.C.E.) was a towering figure in the history of mankind. As the founder of the Persian Empire, he was the first world leader to be referred to as "The Great". Cyrus founded the first world empire - and the second Iranian dynastic empire (the Achaemenids) - after defeating the Median dynasty and uniting the Medes with the other major Iranian tribe, the Persians (Cyrusthegreat.com). Cyrus was born the son of Persian and Median parents. Cyrus’ father Cambyses was Anshan (Persian) king; His mother, Mandane, was the daughter of the last Median king, Astyages.
The Persian Empire Thesis Statement: Because of King Cyrus the Great, the Persian Empire, one of the great superpowers of the ancient world, has lasting impact on us today. I. King Cyrus the Great (Cyrus II) was considered one of the most influential leaders in the ancient world. A. Cyrus II was known for being a very ambitious leader. He was a royal born.
In the first document by Herodotus about the Persians, they discuss three possible forms of government: Democracy, Oligarchy, and Monarchy. For Democracy, Otanes was the one boosting its merits and how the “rule of one” (monarchy) corrupts the king in charge. The power given to the king makes him envious and ultimately lead him to bypass the vary laws he has put forth. And since power can’t be entrusted to a single man, they should bring all the people to power with a Democracy. Megabyzus follows up Otanes by proposing an oligarchy in which a group of selected people will rule the people.
For this project, the topic that our group chose was Persia. Some of the unique things about this civilization were related to inventions, religion, and architecture. One of the most interesting Persian inventions was the “freezer,” which they called “yakhchals.” During the winter months, ice was taken from the nearby mountains in order to store it for the summer months and to ensure that they would be able to use it all year around. Typically, yakhchals were domed buildings made of heat-resistant material that had trenches on the outside.
Thomas Watkins Professor Phillips Humanities 124.009 19 April 2023 Civil Developments of the Persian Empire The Persian empire started when Cyrus the Great began to defeat nearby kingdoms including Media, Lydia, and Babylon, and joined them under one rule. Cyrus founded the persian empire also known as the Achaemenid empire, in 550 B.C. The Persian empire under Cyrus the Great's rule became the world's first superpower (A&E Television Networks, n.d.).
Importance of religion in Iran and its society is a crucial point in this graphic novel, Persepolis: A Story of a Childhood. It was mentioned in the novel how the society was corrupted when the Shah took charge. When the Shah took over, this lead to the many rebellions and demonstrations Iran had in order to keep the peoples freedom. The significance of women and how they were treated was also affected when everything changed during the 1980’s. Women are treated not only like trophy wives but they also did not have any sort of freedom for themselves.
This powerful leader was known as Cyrus the Great. Cyrus the Great was a very tolerant person and he did not believe in using fear to intimidate his opponents. Cyrus believed in forming an allegiance with the towns that he conquered and being tolerant of their beliefs and lifestyles. Because of his approach, he was able to conquer a vast area during his time of rule. Cyrus the Great was considered one of the greatest conquers of his
THE SUCCESS OF CYRUS THE GREAT Kind & Mercifulness It is one thing for a leader to command followers to bid to his or her rule, but it is another to be respected and cherished for the leader you are. In the article Nine Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great, written by Ryan Holiday, he describes how historians have dubbed Cyrus one of the first kings to build “his empire on generosity instead of violence and tyranny” (2012). Cyrus was unlike other kings of the century, he was kind and merciful towards his people and those he conquered.
Ancient Religion Kathleen Yarbrough Post University October 1, 2017 Ancient Religion Islam and Christianity both originally came from the Middle East, and both have many differences and similarities. I believe that Christianity was the first to come about in the 5th or 6th century, then Islam came about in the 7th century, it is hard to tell what information is correct and what is not because much of the information is conflicting. I do believe from all the information that I read that this piece of information was correct, the Islam people believed that if you do something wrong you pay, and the Christians were more passive and believed in forgiveness. Both Islam and Christians believe in hell. "
