ESSAY 1: ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE It has widely been established by both modern and ancient historians that the administrative basis of the Persian Empire was introduced by Cyrus the Great‚ where it was later revised and stabilised by Darius I around 519BC. According to Herodotus‚ Xerxes had inherited his father Darius’ perfected system of satrapies‚ satraps and economic and communications improvements which enabled Xerxes to continue the running of the Achaemenid empire. Modern historian
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That the Xerxes mother and her link to Cyrus the Great was only an advantage in Ahura-Mazda’s claim of Xerxes to be the divine ‘King of Kings’. Xerxes expresses this claim of divinity on a block of Limestone at persepolis “Saith Xerxes the king: had other sons of Darius there were‚ [but]... thus unto Ahura-Mazda was the desire‚ Darius my father made me the greatest after himself.” This is thus showing Xerxes grand claim that Ahura-Mazda himself gives the consent
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Hughes recounts the revival meeting he attended by describing how he was “saved” from sin when he was twelve years old. He depicts this revival meeting by providing vivid details of what was said‚ who was there‚ and what took place. The dominant impression told throughout the story is that this boy was really saved from his sins when he attended this revival meeting. However‚ at the end of the story‚ Hughes explains that this did not truly happen. Hughes attitude towards salvation shifts at the
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there were many sex secrets displayed on the table and was talked about and coincidentally they all have one idea in common and that a virgin woman is the accepted woman which leads to the woman who aren’t virgins anymore to consider embroidery. Satrapi vividly retells a secret about her grandmother’s friend‚ Nahid. Nahid’s parents chose a husband for her when she was barely 18. In the Iranian culture‚ this was how marriages were set in the past‚ they were arranged. The problem was that Nahid loved
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During the Persian conquest‚ Alexander killed many Persian soldiers who were defending their land. Once Alexander made it to Persepolis he razed it to the ground‚ and enslaved the civilians. Alexander claimed that the razing of Persepolis was revenge for the burning of the Acropolis of Athens in 480 B.C‚ 150 years earlier. Alexander is not Greek but he still burned Persepolis “for Athens”. Alexander wished for total destruction and embarrassment of
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factors to be considered in Xerxes’ rise to power; particularly other claimants to the throne; most notably Artobazanes. However‚ Xerxes held greater claim to the throne due to genetic links‚ and public approval. Epigraphic evidence found at Persepolis; alludes to the possibility of a co-regency; saying that Darius ‘left the throne’ 11 years prior to his death. This would lead to a clear‚ simple succession. However‚ in another version of the text in Akkadian language‚ the text says ‘went to his
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The Veil Many great writers like Sen and Satrapi have written about how the people are victims of stereotyping. Where they are automatically classified into a class or rank by others viewing them as the people subjected to in particular stereotypes. However I have come to learn through the autobiography of Satrapi The Veil that Iranian women were forced to wear the veil at all times‚ when many did not support the idea. This intriguing text has been brought to my attention because I thought I strongly
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the Great as this victory will shortly after make him King of Persia as this battle would lead him to Persia’s capital‚ castle Persepolis‚ Babylonia‚ and Persian treasury. After Persia had lost at the Battle of Gaugamela‚ they were never able to recreate an army that was as vast as Gaugamela. In the same year‚ Alexander and his army continued marching forwards from Persepolis looking for Darius‚ but Alexander was too late and was never able to fight Darius face to face. At Caspian Gates Darius was left
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Family Background and status Xerxes was born a royal prince and would have had all the respect and prestige associated with his status. He was not the eldest son of King Darius I. Darius had three sons by another wife whilst he was still but a lord. For Darius to strengthen his calm to the Persian throne‚ Darius married Atossa ‚ the daughter of Cyrus the Great. Xerxes was the eldest son of this union. This made Xerxes the son of the king‚ grandson of the founder of the empire and the son with the
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within Assyria and ancient Egypt‚ we see vast similarities in the use of materials and basic ornamental styles‚ that suggests that the two styles may have been influenced by one another at some point in time. Specifically‚ the Assyrian palace at Persepolis and those found at Mesopotamia‚ Megiddo and Sargon‚ are comparable to Malkata‚ the ancient Egyptian palace built for Amenhotep III‚ (Wikipedia‚ Ancient Egyptian Palaces) in that both employed the use of stacked‚ mud brick or adobe brick in the construction
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