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One similarity that the Hellenistic empire had with the Persian empire was the taxation on goods as well as having a center of trade, Alexandria and Persepolis respectively. Also, both Persia and the Hellenistic empire had maritime trade, its center being Alexandria, which held 1,200 ships. In Persia, maritime trade centered in the Persian gulf and the Red Sea.

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Both Greece and Rome economy was based on agriculture. Greece and Rome had the right fertile land to produce olive and wine, which is a similarity between them. A difference between them is that Rome focused way more on trade then Greece, Greece found trading to be degrading. Also Rome and Greece used slaves as labor. Rome used slaves more then Greece.

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A difference between Persia and Greece is the currency. In Persia, they used standardized coins, which were made out of gold, for trade. However, in Greece (specifically Sparta) they used iron bars as currency.

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One similarity between Greece and Hellenism is that they both had a different type of currency.
Greek people, specifically Spartans would use iron bars as their currency while the Hellenism empire would use a type of coin such as gold and silver coins.

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-government oversaw trade & agriculture
-government also collected taxes form the people
-utilized markets to maintain their economy
-irrigation canals and roads encouraged trade
-main source of wealth was their agriculture
-also traded with the Mediterranean lands, China, and southwest Asia, leading to their political foundation (wealth)

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-they grew olives and grapes
-established small businesses and shops
-depended on trade by sea until construction of roads
Athens
--focused om trade and commerence
Sparta
-focused on agriculture
-used iron bars as currency

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-Traded by Silk Road which was connected to major regions
-boosted agrircultural production
-monopolized iron , salts, textiles
-built canals and roads
-canals and roads helped boost economy and simultated commerce
-levied commerical, agrircultural, and industrial taxes

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In China, they had a Silk Road and likewise, the Persians had the Royal Road which both helped promote trade and increased communication.

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A difference between China and Greece (Athens) was what they traded. An example would be in China, they traded goods such as monopolized textiles like silk while in Greek (Athens)  they traded monopolized olive oils and wine.

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-distant and plentiful trading partners
-main trading partners were France, Spain, the Middle East and North Africa

-connected to the Silk Road
-most trade occurred in the Mediterranean and Black sea
-traded iron
- built a network of roads that made the movement of trade goods
- extensive trade to the east across water

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-trade from the Indus River to the Nile
-Use of gold and silver coins; standard currency developed
-The harbor at Alexandria accommodated 1,200 ships for trade.
-The Ptolemaic Empire was wealthy due to collecting Egypt taxes, maintaining agriculture, and industries of Egypt. They also had royal monopolies over lucrative industries.

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- standardized coins fostered trade
-built roads across the realm, for instance, the Persian Royal Road
(Aegean port of Ephesus to  Anatolia to Mesopotamia to Iran)
-roads for messengers to send messages (usually takes 2 weeks to cross the Persian Royal Road. also, has areas to change for new horses and food)
-maritime trade at the Red Sea and Persian Gulf
-they were pastorals and mainly got money through agriculture. (which was part of slave labor).
-used agricultural surpluses to support military and administration
-surpluses also sold in cities and distributed to state senates.
- taxed the people
-center of trade was the city Persepolis
-had a well protected treasury in Persepolis

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One similarity between   Persia and the Gupta was that they would tax their people. In the Gupta empire they would have  high taxation to support the governement. In persia they would tax the people on forein good that were brought from the royal road. A differnce between Persia and The Gupta and Mayurans is that they traded in different roads. The Gupta and mayruan used the silk road to trade goods and buddism while Persia used the Royal road to spread religion and goods.