Cyrus the Great

Peak:480 BC Fall: 323BC B. The author included this empire because during its peak it absolutely dominated all other cities and villages. It was the first empire also too allow its subjects to serve their gods and live in peace. C. I feel like Cyrus allowing the people to continue their own lives and not forcing them to convert to his religion played a key part in allowing the empire to survive. When he took over a place he made sure to take away the head leader and replace it with one…

The Persian Empire was undoubtedly the most powerful empire during its time, and also one of the most powerful empires in history. Even though Cyrus had founded this vast empire, Darius I was the most significant ruler of its history. Darius I came into rule in (approximately) 522 BC. He continued to rule the Persian Empire for nearly 40 years, and established many different ideas that no other leader had thought of. The wide range of innovations and policies created and established by…

Between 1792 and 1750 B.C.E., Hammurabi was an emperor of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi had a great army when he was emperor and was able to keep his empire strong. He had such great war tactics that he was able to gain control of Sumer and Akkad once again and reunite Mesopotamia to almost exactly how it was under Sargon. Not only was he good at war tactics, but he was good at keeping peace among his people. He made sure to make sure Sumerian ways would continue to exist. Hammurabi came up with a set…

Alexander was driven to discover and conquer as much land as he can. It was important that back then in order for an empire to be strong it must be in control with as much land as possible. On his journey in the middle east he stumbled upon modern day Jordan where the Jewish people inhabited that land. According to one book, “the greater part of the area belonged to the kingdom of Jordan – is the broken table-land round Jerusalem, roughly corresponding with the territory known in Roman times as…

During the time of 500 BCE, The Persian Empire flourished north into the Persian Gulf, as The Roman Empire, which flourished 200 BCE through 200 CE in the western side of Eurasia. Both empires where large in population, however, the belief system that they had was unlike and they both had diverse views on poverty and wealth. There are many similarities to both the Persian and Roman empires. The Persian Empire was the largest of its time and the Roman Empire was also the largest empire of…

Civilizations underwent a transformation during the second wave of civilization. Prior to this period, governments focused more on securing their land and building their nation from within. However, civilizations during the second wave began to venture beyond their land, conquering neighboring nations for resources and or power. We can say that this is the time that the idea of empires took shape. While this age of empire building helped connect people of varying ethnicities and cultures, rulers…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to grow up in a revolution and live in fear of what’s going to happen next? Marjane Satrapi goes through this while she grows up in the Islamic Revolution.In her book Persepolis, Marjane goes through the process of accepting and being aware of her religion, her loss of innocence, and the danger going on throughout Iran. In the 1980’s Islam became very prominent in Iran. Due to everything becoming more religious, women had to wear veils. This image…

Similarly, Xenophon’s Cyrus often acts generously in situations where a typical leader might not. Cyrus’ actions demonstrate that he believes the long term benefits of generosity are better than any short term rewards obtained by frugality. Cyrus shows that generosity inspires one’s followers to greater devotion, gratitude, and ultimately love towards their leader. The Education of Cyrus stresses the importance of generosity with one’s time, wealth, and affections. The first way Cyrus is…

Marjane Satrapi’s book Persepolis is a true story about Marjane growing up in Iran during times of war and revolution. In her book she portrays countless events she experienced while growing up during those harrowing times. However, her perspective on certain issues like gender roles, social class, and religion affected how Marjane portrayed certain events in Persepolis. This political cartoon depicts a bunk bed of the upper class at the top, the middle class in the middle, and the lower class…

The Exalted Prince The incredible leadership and plethora of ideas of Hammurabi during his reign brought the Babylonian empire hegemony and relative order, ideas that are still substantial even in the world today. His code of laws displays a great cohesiveness of an entire civilization that had a desire to develop social, economic, and agricultural structures to obtain the goal of order and harmony. It is a prime example of the expansion of central government and its influence on the public…