THE PERSIAN EMPIRE

The Persian Empire was a powerful empire from 550 B.C- 522 B.C

The Persian Empire was 2.9 million square miles!

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There where approximately 50,000,000 people in the Persian Empire.

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The Persians demanded the people they conquered bow down and solute to the Persian King

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The Army had about 1,000,000 men.

DARIUS (521-486 B.C)

• Made Persia the largest empire in the world
• Centralized the administration of the empire
• Encourage cultural &artistic pursuits
• Introduced legal reforms
• Developed juridical systems
• New capital city called Persepolis

XERXES (486-465 B.C.)

• Planned the attack on greece
• Built the army
• Lead the Artemisium and Thermopylae war to victory
• Lead the Salamis battle, but lost

IMPACT OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE ON HISTROY

• Constant communication with the king and military
• Created system of roads
• Created systems of government
• Spread of culture, religion, government, and art