Darius III of Persia

. 550–330 BC Peak:480 BC Fall: 323BC B. The author included this empire because during its peak it absolutely dominated all other cities and villages. It was the first empire also too allow its subjects to serve their gods and live in peace. C. I feel like Cyrus allowing the people to continue their own lives and not forcing them to convert to his religion played a key part in allowing the empire to survive. When he took over a place he made sure to take away the head leader and…

This wealth was put into the royal treasury which became important for financial administration and storage of wealth. Darius followed Lydian tradition and minted coins gold coins “darics” and silver coins “sigloi”, stamped with insignia. He also introduced a new weight, the “karsha”, in the shape of a pyramidion. The standardization of weights and measures and the introduction of coinage was effective in facilitating imperial trade and provided flexibility in the exchange of goods throughout…

The Persian Empire, which began as a series of loose nomadic tribes, were united by Cyrus the Great and eventually grew to become one of the largest and most powerful empires during its time. There were many factors in determining the nature and limits of this empire, with the geography of the region being one such factor; this was particularly important in defining the limits of the Persian Empire during its early phases and later on when it had reached its peak. Although geography played some…

In Balcer’s analysis of the Indo-European epics—in particular, the Behistun Inscription—he asserts that the nature of historiography as to how the panegyric text was formed through the methods of the scribal tradition detecting “the exposition…and the entire text as well possess[ing] numerous qualities of epic narrative and thematic development” (61). Yet, this continues as he finds the “epic form, based upon scattered kernels of historical oral traditions, produces a fictional narrative”, which…

historian Herodotus gives an account of Darius and Xerxes, who were two members of the Achaemenidai family, and ruled as Kings during the Greco-Persian Wars. Persian kingship was different from earlier Greek kingship. I believe, however, that if we examine the virtues that Darius and Xerxes had, we could see they shared similar values than the Greeks. In this essay, I will argue that Herodotus does indeed provide us with a narrative that indicates that Darius and especially Xerxes did possess…

additions to the empire during Cyrus’ reign were Media, Lydia and Babylon but there were also many other smaller states including Parthia, Drangiana, Morgiana and Bactria . This is significantly more than both Cambyses, whose only addition was Egypt, and Darius, who was unable to make further conquests while he was subduing rebellions. By combining the information found in the Nabonidus chronicle, Herodotus’ account and the secondary history books it can be seen that Cyrus was highly strategic…

leaders to construct large empires, with one of them being the Mauryan Empire, and develop a society that still has influence on present day India. India became involved in the battles of the sixth century B.C.E. Persian invasion, by the emperor Darius, reaching into the Indus Valley and Kashmir around 513 B.C.E. Though the Persians did not reach any further, contact between India and Persians allowed for the exchange of administrative techniques on how to rule large tracts of land and huge…

Alexander the Great lived from 356-323 B.C. He was king of Macedonia and one of the greatest generals in history. He conquered the Persian Empire, which stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to India and formed the civilized world. Alexander's conquests helped the spread of Greek culture in western Asia and Egypt. There are many stories about Alexander's life. Some are true, but others are legends. According to one story, the boy Alexander tamed the great horse Bucephalus. This magnificent steed…

Caesar, and Napoleon. Alexander grew up watching his father make Macedon into a great military power, and he learned from that. Alexander III of Macedon became king when his father, Philip II of Macedon, was assassinated in 336 BCE. Alexander wanted to continue his fathers work in conquering Greece, which he did, so Alexander then set his sights on Persia. Alexander went on to conquer most of the land known at the time, from Macedon to India. He spread Greek culture, and language…

During the time of 500 BCE, The Persian Empire flourished north into the Persian Gulf, as The Roman Empire, which flourished 200 BCE through 200 CE in the western side of Eurasia. Both empires where large in population, however, the belief system that they had was unlike and they both had diverse views on poverty and wealth. There are many similarities to both the Persian and Roman empires. The Persian Empire was the largest of its time and the Roman Empire was also the largest empire of…