Under Darius’ rule‚ the Achaemenid Empire‚ the largest empire of its time‚ depended on a balance between central initiative and local administration. Divided into twenty three satrapies spread over thousands of miles‚ Achaemenid rulers needed methods to discourage local groups from becoming independent and seceding from the empire. Military forces and tax collectors were used to check the power and independence of the satraps who governed each territory. Spies‚ “the eyes and ears of the king‚” were
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Mauryan Empire The Mauryan Empire was a geographically extensive and powerful empire in Ancient India. The Mauryan Dynasty from 321 to 185 BC ruled this powerful empire. It was one of the world’s largest empires in its time. At it’s greatest extent‚ the empire stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas‚ and to the eat stretching into what is now Assam (South of the eastern Himalayas). To the west‚ it most likely reached beyond modern Pakistan‚ and joining into what
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The Persian Empire was a series of successive Iranian or Iraniate empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau‚ the original Persian homeland‚ and beyond in Western Asia‚ South Asia‚ Central Asia and the Caucasus.[1] The first Persian Empire formed under the Median Empire (728 BC-559 BC) after defeating and ending the Assyrian Empire with the help of Babylonians. Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 BC) was the largest empire of the ancient world[2] and the most widespread entity of it was under Darius
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Gupta Empire The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts‚ fabulous literature‚ and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. In 185 B.C.E.‚ the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated. In its place‚ small kingdoms arose throughout India. For nearly 500 years‚ the various states warred with each other. In the northern
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The Roman and Han Empires both had their differences and similarities. However their similarities out-weighed their differences by a large amount. Their governments‚ economies‚ traditions‚ even their ways of agriculture made them very similar but at the same time very different. A couple of things that made them similar are The Han and the Roman Empires was two of the most powerful empires to rule their respective parts of the world‚ however they both declined and failed. Another thing was that agriculture
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Shang Dynasty‚ Muaryan Empire‚ Ottoman Empire Shang Dynasty‚ Muaryan Empire‚ Ottoman Empire The Shang dynasty was‚ according to traditional sources‚ the second Chinese dynasty after the Xia. They ruled in the Yellow River Valley. Widely accepted chronological calculations say that the Shang ruled between 1766 BC and 1122 BC(ancienthistory.about.com). According to Chinese tradition‚ a rebel king‚ Tang‚ who overthrew the last Xia ruler in the Battle of Mingtiao‚ founded the Shang dynasty. The Shang
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beginnings‚ the Islamic Empire established itself as a rival to the Byzantine Empire‚ capturing a large portion of Byzantine-controlled territory within the first few decades of its inception. In three or four paragraphs‚ compare and contrast the societies of the Byzantines and the Muslims in ONE of the following areas: politics‚ economics/trade‚ social structure/culture‚ religion. Why were the Muslims initially so successful in capturing territory from the Byzantine Empire? Why were they unable
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Chapter Four Persian Empire Persians first to achieve a complex political organization during the end of the second millennium. Medes played a major role in the destruction of the Assyrians Empire Persians now call themselves Achaemenids because they were ancestors of Achamenes. Cyrus(Kurush) son of a Persian chieftain and median princess‚ united Persian tribes and over threw the median monarch around. Cyrus Redrew the map of the west 550 b.c.e Like most Indo-European people the early inhabitants
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Dynasty (China) vs. Mauryan/Gupta Dynasties (India) The Han Dynasty lasted from 206 BCE – 220 BCE‚ and was in China. The Mauryan and Gupta Dynasty lasted from 322 BCE – 500 CE‚ and were in India. The Mauryan Dynasty ended by 185 BCE. The Gupta Dynasty started in 320 CE. In my essay I am going to be comparing and contrasting the 3 dynasty’s (2 of them as 1)‚ and their control through religion‚ trade‚ male dominance‚ and how they fell. The Han Dynasty controlled their empire through Confucianism
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The rise of the Persian Empire was due to the first Achaemenid Emperor‚ by the name of Cyrus the Great. He united the Medes and the Persians and was able to build a great Empire. He brought a different form of architectural possibilities and was able to build the Capital City of Pasargadae. The Persian Empire was different from previous empires of the Middle East because they were well connected by roads and using a standardized official language‚ having a bureaucracy. Because they could communicate
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