The Persian Empire by Lucas Rambo https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6 Lucas Rambo en-us 2016-11-03 19:19:26 UTC 2017-02-17 19:26:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Why it was created. ldrd4 https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6/wish/135220001 Persia was did not have good farming land and was isolated from trade, so Cyrus expanded to control crucial trade routes, sea ports and better farm land.]]> 2016-11-03 19:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6/wish/135220001 key leaders ldrd4 https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6/wish/135221699 Cyrus: founder of the Persian Empire. Policy of tolerance. Freed Jews from Babylon.
Combyses: Strayed form the tolerance. Conquered and mocked Egypt. Weekend the empire.
Darius: Reinstated tolerance. Divided Persia into Satrapies, each ruled by a Satrap. Built the Royal Road and standardized money.
Zoroaster: A prophet who introduced monotheism, Good and Evil, and the idea of a final judgment.


]]> 2016-11-03 19:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6/wish/135221699 Collapse ldrd4 https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6/wish/135224107 They expanded to much and got weakened trying to conquer Greece. The Macedonians were then able to invade and destroy the Persian empire.]]> 2016-11-03 19:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ldrd4/jj7ue7xctyj6/wish/135224107