Long ago, around 550 BCE(GeaCron) what would become the biggest empire was born. This empire had many rulers, like any empire, but the first ruler’s tactics of ruling were oddly similar. From Cyrus, the “great king of persia”, to Xerxes, the feared ruler of Persia you can see lots of similarities and differences between these ruler’s tactics.
One example of how the Persian ruler’s tactics were similar were between the first ruler, Cyrus, and one of the later rulers, Darius. When it comes to Cyrus, he made sure that people loved him, but make them know to stay on his good side. Cyrus showed many acts of love when he conquered new lands. When adding new land to Persia, Cyrus would come into other’s land wearing clothes from their culture, show …show more content…
When it comes to these two rulers, they use the tactic of fear to rule the empire. Out of all the Persian rulers, Cambyses is definitely one of the most interesting. One of the main reasons why Cambyses wanted to rule was to be able to marry his full blood sister, which was something you couldn’t do, even when Cambyses was growing up... unless you were king and you could do basically whatever you wanted(Herodotus). By marrying his sister that already showed that he could do whatever he wanted, which is what made people start to fear him. Then, after Cambyses married his sister, he once got upset about a judge doing something wrong, skinned the judge alive, made his skin into a chair, and made the judge’s son sit in it, which made people fear him even more(Chua). During Cambyses rule he also killed his wife/sister himself and married his other full-blooded sister, probably to remind people that he was still capable of doing whatever he wants(Herodotus). As if this much wasn’t enough to make people fear him, he did the exact opposite of Cyrus when conquering land by killing anyone who tried to get in his way. After a few years Cambyses quickly went from being feared to being hated to the point where Cambyses was assassinated. Though Xerxes didn’t fall in love with his sister like Cambyses, Xerxes made sure people feared him. Xerxes, like Cambyses, was …show more content…
Like it was referenced before, Cambyses and Xerxes obviously used fear to rule the Persian empire, but though Cyrus and Darius didn’t use fear as much, they used some of the same fear tactics. Aside from killing everyone who got in their way, Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes all share similar fear tactics. One of the fear tactics they all use is the tactic of showing the people why not to get on their bad sides. For example, when Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes all show how easily they can take over any
One example of how the Persian ruler’s tactics were similar were between the first ruler, Cyrus, and one of the later rulers, Darius. When it comes to Cyrus, he made sure that people loved him, but make them know to stay on his good side. Cyrus showed many acts of love when he conquered new lands. When adding new land to Persia, Cyrus would come into other’s land wearing clothes from their culture, show …show more content…
When it comes to these two rulers, they use the tactic of fear to rule the empire. Out of all the Persian rulers, Cambyses is definitely one of the most interesting. One of the main reasons why Cambyses wanted to rule was to be able to marry his full blood sister, which was something you couldn’t do, even when Cambyses was growing up... unless you were king and you could do basically whatever you wanted(Herodotus). By marrying his sister that already showed that he could do whatever he wanted, which is what made people start to fear him. Then, after Cambyses married his sister, he once got upset about a judge doing something wrong, skinned the judge alive, made his skin into a chair, and made the judge’s son sit in it, which made people fear him even more(Chua). During Cambyses rule he also killed his wife/sister himself and married his other full-blooded sister, probably to remind people that he was still capable of doing whatever he wants(Herodotus). As if this much wasn’t enough to make people fear him, he did the exact opposite of Cyrus when conquering land by killing anyone who tried to get in his way. After a few years Cambyses quickly went from being feared to being hated to the point where Cambyses was assassinated. Though Xerxes didn’t fall in love with his sister like Cambyses, Xerxes made sure people feared him. Xerxes, like Cambyses, was …show more content…
Like it was referenced before, Cambyses and Xerxes obviously used fear to rule the Persian empire, but though Cyrus and Darius didn’t use fear as much, they used some of the same fear tactics. Aside from killing everyone who got in their way, Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, and Xerxes all share similar fear tactics. One of the fear tactics they all use is the tactic of showing the people why not to get on their bad sides. For example, when Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes all show how easily they can take over any