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 Darius I impacted the economic and geographic growth of the Persian Empire by a significant amount.
Instead of carelessly expanding his empire, such as many other rulers during this time period, Darius I had put in a significant amount of effort into the …show more content…
One of the main issues under this category is slavery. Nearly every empire/civilization that has existed has had slavery. As for the Persian Empire, this was not the case. Darius I certainly did not promote slavery, which caused most of his empire not to utilize slaves. Instead, most of the people apart of the empire were free. While slavery did still exist in some part of the area, it was defiantly not common. With no slavery, this allowed surrounding areas to join the Persian Empire, as they saw it as a great opportunity to join the greatest empire, at the time. This allowed the empire to expand even more. Another huge social policy in any society is religion. Most civilizations had one religion, and a certain set of beliefs, that the citizens must follow. Darius I, again, changed this. In order to prevent rebellious acts across his vast empire, he allowed freedom of religion. This let the people of the empire to have their own beliefs, and not be penalized. This, again, caused the empire to expand as surrounding territories saw the Persian Empire as a well organized civilization that accepted many different beliefs, customs, and cultures. Lastly, civil policies were also created by Darius I. More the most part, he was a fair leader, and was reasonable. He allowed people of his empire to be free, and within reason, do as they pleased, as long as they paid their taxes. As mentioned before, there was not much slavery, which made the Persian Empire a desirable civilization to be apart of. Since there was freedom of religion, people were allowed to believe what they wanted to believe in. This is much different from many other civilizations around this time. Darius I was overall a flexible leader, and was extremely fair with his civil
Instead of carelessly expanding his empire, such as many other rulers during this time period, Darius I had put in a significant amount of effort into the …show more content…
One of the main issues under this category is slavery. Nearly every empire/civilization that has existed has had slavery. As for the Persian Empire, this was not the case. Darius I certainly did not promote slavery, which caused most of his empire not to utilize slaves. Instead, most of the people apart of the empire were free. While slavery did still exist in some part of the area, it was defiantly not common. With no slavery, this allowed surrounding areas to join the Persian Empire, as they saw it as a great opportunity to join the greatest empire, at the time. This allowed the empire to expand even more. Another huge social policy in any society is religion. Most civilizations had one religion, and a certain set of beliefs, that the citizens must follow. Darius I, again, changed this. In order to prevent rebellious acts across his vast empire, he allowed freedom of religion. This let the people of the empire to have their own beliefs, and not be penalized. This, again, caused the empire to expand as surrounding territories saw the Persian Empire as a well organized civilization that accepted many different beliefs, customs, and cultures. Lastly, civil policies were also created by Darius I. More the most part, he was a fair leader, and was reasonable. He allowed people of his empire to be free, and within reason, do as they pleased, as long as they paid their taxes. As mentioned before, there was not much slavery, which made the Persian Empire a desirable civilization to be apart of. Since there was freedom of religion, people were allowed to believe what they wanted to believe in. This is much different from many other civilizations around this time. Darius I was overall a flexible leader, and was extremely fair with his civil