In Saudi Arabia during the classical period Mesopotamia was taken over by the Persians around 500BC (7, 1). The first leader of Persia was Cyrus. He allowed the people he conquered, to keep their religions and cultures. Cyrus was succeeded by his son Cambyses. After Cambyses Darius became the leader. Darius said he was told by god that he was meant to rule (1, 160-161). Darius wanted to make a set of laws that created uniform throughout the empire. After Darius, his son Xerxes became the new ruler. Xerxes was less tolerant than his father, and he was not as interested in expansion (1,164-166). Greece was made up by a bunch of city states; each city state had its own government. There were three types of government, democracy, monarchy and oligarchy.
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The border of the Persian Empire extended as far West as Libya as North as the Aral Sea, East as Pakistan and as far South as Egypt and the Red Sea (1, 155-156). The coin that the Persians used was called the Daric. The taxes in Persia were unfair because the Persian citizens didn’t have to pay them, only the conquered did. This was one of the reasons why the Persian Empire fell (1, 164-165). Greece was located in the Southeastern part of Europe, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the land in Greece had a lot of mountains. This made it hard to travel from one place to the other at times (8, 2). Since Greece had city-states, each one of those city-states had its own form of currency. However before they had a currency system, the Greeks had a barter system for trade (11, 1). The coin that the Romans used was called the Denarius (10, 2). The use and value of the coins was based on the material it was made out of. The brass and bronze coins were used for everyday things. While the gold and silver coins were used for more official use (10, 1). Rome had resources that they used to trade, such as wine and olive oil. Trade was important to Rome; it is where most of Rome’s money and wealth came from. Trade was one of the reasons why the Roman built new roads. Rome traded a lot but they had specific trading partners. They were the Middle East, Spain, France and North Africa (6,
The border of the Persian Empire extended as far West as Libya as North as the Aral Sea, East as Pakistan and as far South as Egypt and the Red Sea (1, 155-156). The coin that the Persians used was called the Daric. The taxes in Persia were unfair because the Persian citizens didn’t have to pay them, only the conquered did. This was one of the reasons why the Persian Empire fell (1, 164-165). Greece was located in the Southeastern part of Europe, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the land in Greece had a lot of mountains. This made it hard to travel from one place to the other at times (8, 2). Since Greece had city-states, each one of those city-states had its own form of currency. However before they had a currency system, the Greeks had a barter system for trade (11, 1). The coin that the Romans used was called the Denarius (10, 2). The use and value of the coins was based on the material it was made out of. The brass and bronze coins were used for everyday things. While the gold and silver coins were used for more official use (10, 1). Rome had resources that they used to trade, such as wine and olive oil. Trade was important to Rome; it is where most of Rome’s money and wealth came from. Trade was one of the reasons why the Roman built new roads. Rome traded a lot but they had specific trading partners. They were the Middle East, Spain, France and North Africa (6,