1. Achaemenid the Great Persian Empire
a. Draw a map of the Empire (this can be a dropped image from a set of maps or other images you find online). Include the dates of dominance and existence and eventual fall. 550 B.C. – 330 B.C.
b. What is the author’s thesis of the chapter? What is her argument for including this Empire in her book? The author tried to persuade the reader that the fate of an empire is closely related to if it’s tolerant to its diversity race. She argued, that why the Persian Empire was successful in the first place and stayed successful for such a long time was because of its tolerance.
c. Describe in detail what made the Empire successful (in some cases unsuccessful).
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e. Describe in detail the fall of the Empire. What was the pivotal point of failure? Why did it eventually fail?
During the ruling of Xerxes, the sign of the fall of the empire started to show. Despite the unlikelihood of the description’s source, Xerxes treated his subjects more of a harsh way than the kings before him. The empire was not very stable at that time, but he eventually preserved the Persian Empire.
Artaxerxes III, the penultimate Achaemenid king, showed no mercy toward the conquered people. And finally, Darius III became the last Achaemenid ruler. Alexander the Great tool over the empire.
The reason why the once invincible empire fall, turns out ironically to be the very tolerance that once saved the empire. The empire was too tolerant to the diversified race that they wouldn’t bound together to defeat a common enemy. They lack the identity of Persian, they thinks themselves as Greek, or as Egyptian, but not as Persian. Plus, the later kings could no longer bear the local customs and religions, the people would rather turn to the new conquer, it made no difference to them after
a. Draw a map of the Empire (this can be a dropped image from a set of maps or other images you find online). Include the dates of dominance and existence and eventual fall. 550 B.C. – 330 B.C.
b. What is the author’s thesis of the chapter? What is her argument for including this Empire in her book? The author tried to persuade the reader that the fate of an empire is closely related to if it’s tolerant to its diversity race. She argued, that why the Persian Empire was successful in the first place and stayed successful for such a long time was because of its tolerance.
c. Describe in detail what made the Empire successful (in some cases unsuccessful).
No doubt that the Great Persian Empire …show more content…
e. Describe in detail the fall of the Empire. What was the pivotal point of failure? Why did it eventually fail?
During the ruling of Xerxes, the sign of the fall of the empire started to show. Despite the unlikelihood of the description’s source, Xerxes treated his subjects more of a harsh way than the kings before him. The empire was not very stable at that time, but he eventually preserved the Persian Empire.
Artaxerxes III, the penultimate Achaemenid king, showed no mercy toward the conquered people. And finally, Darius III became the last Achaemenid ruler. Alexander the Great tool over the empire.
The reason why the once invincible empire fall, turns out ironically to be the very tolerance that once saved the empire. The empire was too tolerant to the diversified race that they wouldn’t bound together to defeat a common enemy. They lack the identity of Persian, they thinks themselves as Greek, or as Egyptian, but not as Persian. Plus, the later kings could no longer bear the local customs and religions, the people would rather turn to the new conquer, it made no difference to them after