PRESENTATION
CULTURE
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Persian culture was led by
Cyrus the Great II, mid-century
SAW; He and his army defeated the
Medes and created the Persian
kingdom; After his death his son,
Cambyses, was the one who took his
father's place; But it was with Darius I
that the Persian empire reached its
maximum splendor.
Persian later was also called the city of
Persepolis.
They also stood out in their
architecture and sculpture; and shortly
after they created their religion which
was made by Zoroaster .
Finally, they knew how to organize
their state very well.
PERSIAN
At the top of the summit was the great
The Persian culture spread to the
east of the Mediterranean Sea to
the Iranian plateau, an area located
east of Mesopotamia.
HISTORICAL
EVOLUTION:
Around 1500 BC the Medes and Persians
settled on the Iranian plateau. In the north
the Medes and in the south the Persians;
The Medes joined with the Chaldeans to
expel the Assyrians from their lands.
As time went by, the Persians had different
rulers; The first was Cyrus the Great II, then
his son Cambyses ruled; But the one who
made the empire develop in all its splendor
was Darius I. Finally, the empire fell and was
defeated by Alexander the Great and after
his death the Macedonian general Saleucus
ruled Persian.
STATE ADMINISTRATION
king. To govern such a vast empire, he
used an efficient bureaucracy . The
Persian monarchy was established in a
series of policies that facilitated the
administration of the empire:
Religious and cultural tolerance:
The Persians respected the culture of
the conquered peoples
An efficient road system:
The numerous roads facilitated
communication between officials.
The spread of the currency:
The gold daric, the official currency,
unified the economy of the empire.
Persian writing:
It was a Hebrew and Phoenician
derivation.