THE PERSIAN CIVLIZATION

The Persian civilization, one of the

greatest civilizations in the world, originated
from peasant tribes from Asia. During 500
B.C., Medes was their ruler, and under the
leadership of Cyrus the Great, these peasants
united and rebelled against Medes.

When Cyrus the Great died, Persia was

the world’s leading nation.
 Four years after his ascension, he
expanded the Persian empire by conquering
Egypt and by then his empire bordered India
in the East and the Mediterranean Sea in the
West.

The reign of Cambyses

(the son of Cyrus the Great)
(530-522 B.C.)
 During Darius’ reign, Persia was at its peak,
Babylon, one of its conquered territory, was its
wealthiest province.

He developed a uniform gold and silver

coinage, a standard of weights and measures, postal
services, a code law and a common calendar
(Greaves et al. 1990 in Borbon et al. 2005).

The reign of Darius I the Great

(522-486 B.C.)
 Saying that Persia was a large empire is
an understatement. Its size paired with
frequent revolts by its subjects and power
struggles eventually led to its decline.

In 330 B.C., the Persian Empire was

invaded by the Greeks after Darius III was
defeated by the Macedonian Alexander the
Great (355-323 B.C.).
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