Daruis, The Great In the ancient world some people are so remarkable that no matter how many centuries passes by, everyone will still study and learn about them. Darius the Great who made the Persian Empire one of the biggest empire that have been seen was an amazing king of Persia. Through his life he succeed alot by his reforms, Darius came from a noble family and he went through many wars because he wanted to always have more than what he had, after his death Persian Empire was an empire that couldn't be compared to any other empires. Daruis the great was one of the most remarkable kings from the Persian Empire. "His father was Hystaspes who belonged to the Achaemenid family.
to 330 B.C. Even though The Achaemenid Empire took place long ago, it is still known as one of the most culturally diverse and religiously open empires in history. The Kings of the empire decided to bring in new members with talent like Greek doctors, Lydian woodworkers and Ionian stonecutters, as well as foot soldiers from Ethiopia, Sogdiana and more places within the empire. This empire was the first hyperpower in history ruling about 42 million people. Chua concludes that a small number of Persians administer a very vase territory and population because of tolerance.
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The Persian Wars by: Alec Norwood World History Mr. Jordan 1st Period October 12, 2007 The Persian Wars INTRODUCTION The Persian Wars were fought between the Greeks and the Persians between the years 490 and 479 B.C.E. The main conflict between the Greeks and the Persians began in Ionia, home of Herodotus. Many Pre-Socratic philosophers believe it started because the empire building (land hungry) Persians tried to capture and bring the Ionians under their power and control. The Persians were successful with some of the Ionian Greeks but others asked the mainland Greeks for help because they did not want to be ruled by the Persians (Hooker, 1999). IONIAN REVOLT The wars began in 490 B.C.E.
He spent the year 335 subduing restive people to the north and west of Macedonia, and crushing an Athenian-endorsed uprising at Thebes. Now mistrusting the Athenians, Alexander the Great declined to employ their fleet against Persia. He crossed the Hellespont into Asia Minor with his substantial army of thirty-five thousand Macedonians and Greeks overwhelming the Persian army and gaining enough spoils to restore the meager Macedonian treasury. The key to Alexander’s success there was timing, and one of his great abilities was knowing when and where to strike defensively. Then, he would pursue the retreating enemy, who more often than not, could not regroup after Alexander’s strikes.
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From the Babylonian to the Persian Empire, slowly each empire grew stronger and larger but still they inevitable failed, due to attacks from outsiders and retaliation from its own citizens. I honestly feel that it all failed due to greed. The rulers just seemed to never be satisfied with all they achieved. The first Persian Empire, Achaemenid, was ruled by Cyrus from 558-530 B.C.E and then passed onto his son Cambyses from 525-522 (Bentley and Ziegler 108). Cyrus was honorable; he went from a king to ruler of a large empire that expanded from India to the borders of Egypt (Bentley and Ziegler 108).
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