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Persian Empire | History channel | BBC Documentary 2015

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558-330 B.C.

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Persian empire is modern day Iran. There are tons of resources but the land is VERY dry. They created Qanats which were water tunnels that brought water the regions.

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This was a large part of how the rulers ruled. using this they took places over peacefully and tried to not seem threatening to there region.

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When Cambyses took over he was a bad ruler which created enemies against them.
There army was not very strong as they took over peacefully so when it came to people attacking they could not defend themselves.

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They took over there others with tolerance and control. They respected them to keep from regions turning on them within the empire.

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What Darius 1 sent out during his ruling time to check in on the loyalty of the other regions.

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1,600 mile road that was well policed, this helped to unify the empire. A postal service was built along the road to improve communications.

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Known as the "bad egg", he strayed away from the idea of tolerance. He weakened the unity of the Empire, and disrespected the Egyptian religion causing them to hate him.

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The founder of Zoroastrianism which was a major religion throughout the Persian Empire. Religion was based of the fight between good and evil spirits, and focused on a single god Ahura Mazda.

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Known as "the administrator" he reinstated tolerance and centralized control. Broke the empire up with "satraps" as the leaders of the individual regions.

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He was the first imperial ruler who took over the kingdom of Medes to create the Persian Empire.

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The empire was made up of many smaller cities that eventually formed into the Medes and the Persians,the Persians would dominate the Medes to form one huge empire.

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They could not defeat the Greeks and had a weak-no army. They were taken over as power was lost within them and the empire broke up.