Between the years 600 BCE and 600 CE, a great contributor to the rise of empires were the people who ruled them. Specifically, in Ancient Greece, leaders such as Pericles played a valuable role in organizing the empire. Pericles promoted the arts, literature and philosophy which resulted in Athens becoming the core of culture and education in the empire. Without Pericles’s role in Greece, the Greeks wouldn't have had such literate and cultured leaders to rule the empire. The role of education in Greek’s society resulted in people’s ability to strategize various methods to strengthen the empire. This caused the Greek Empire to be more advanced than other countries, which led to its rise. Additionally, in Persia, the famous monarch, Darius I,
