The Persian and Greek civilizations had distinct differences in their political organization and values.
The Persian Empire was a vast and centralized empire, ruled by a monarchy with absolute power held by the king or emperor. The empire was divided into provinces, each governed by a satrap who was responsible for maintaining order and collecting taxes. The Persian empire was known for its tolerance towards different cultures and religions, although it was not a democracy and the king had complete control over the government.
On the other hand, the Greek city-states were characterized by their political fragmentation, with each city-state having its own form of government. The two most common forms of government in ancient Greece were democracy
The population difference was also a major difference. Persian civilization had a size of 35 million people and the Greek civilization just about 2 million to 3 million. The Persian governors placed a very effective administrative system which was called satraps, which was in each empire’s twenty-three people earn responsibility while lower-level
Empires throughout history have all had their own methods to political control. Some very similar others could not be any more different. Some of the great empires such as the Han and the Roman had very similar approaches to political control. Although both the Han and the Roman empires had similar forms of government both bureaucracies, both empires had many individual characteristics as well.
Both the city states of Greece and the Roman Empire had distinctly different and yet powerful political systems. Both systems influenced many civilizations and empires and were respected by existing societies. In greece, most notably in Athens, a form a government never seen before was put in to play; Democracy. The democracy in Athens was a system of government unique to Athens and founded by the teachings and knowledge of Cleisthenes. Democracy was an early system of representative government, where the citizens of Athens elected officials to rule.
The Persian Empire, at the time, was one of the largest empires in the ancient world. The Persians worked to expand trade across the kingdom and the leaders of Persia made cooperation mandatory and enforced a twenty percent tax on all of the agriculture and manufacturing industries. With taxing the agriculture and manufacturing industries, they also put a tax on the religious institutions. Although with all of the taxing of institutions, the Persians, themselves had no taxes to pay, which left the taxes to the Greeks and Macedonians. The Persian leaders separated the empire into twenty provinces where they had governors in control (Persian).
The Persian Empire An empire is an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, and that is exactly what the Persian Empire was during the ancient world. First, King Cyrus united two colossal tribes: the Medes and Persians to build the Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire. Before Cyrus became the King of Persia, he grew to be a great leader. Conquering other great empires helped him build most of his great superpower.
Throughout history, empires have used a variety of methods to defend and expand their territory. In the Macedonian, Byzantine, and Japanese empires the methods of military and defense manifested itself differently. While the Macedonians developed a strong army using the phalanx formation, the Byzantine empire focused on its navy and the Japanese developed a system of government called Feudalism that gave the military, including the Samurais, power over the emperor. These differences were due to the specific goals and needs of each of these empires. The Macedonians during the Hellenistic Era had a very powerful army that used the phalanx formation.
The geography of Greece influenced the development of ancient Greek government and politics. When describing ancient Greece, “mountainous land” is the phrase one would use because Greece is made up of many mountains. Because of the mountains, it was difficult to commute from place to place. As a result of that, instead of Greece being ruled by one government, it formed many different poleis, which each had their own government Polis is the Greek word for independent city-states. Greeks had a strong connection with their polis, and they strongly identified with them.
Who were the best commanders during the Persian War? The Persian and Greek War were a series of conflicts between the Persian Empire and Greek city-states. The war started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC. Although the Persian empire was at the peak of their power, the Greeks overcome seemingly impossible odds and even succeeded in liberating Greek city-states on the fringe of Persia itself. The Greek ensured the survival of Greek culture and political structures long after the Persian empire.
The way the Greeks had theirs states organized was interesting as well. All of Greece was made up of a munch of city-states or polis and acropolises which were formatted parts of the city, typically built on hills. Most of their city-states were oligarchies, then monarchies, then finally democracies. A lot of the city- states joined together to become on big city-state because they each governed themselves. The Tyrants were a group of people of who supported the type of ancient Greek government know as tyranny.
What are two Greek city-states that you know? I know two popular city-states of Ancient Greece: Sparta and Athens. Sparta and Athens are known as city-state with many contrasting beliefs. Sparta was a strict military society while Athens was a free democracy. Sparta prohibited any new ideas while Athens accepted it.
The provinces were ruled by princes who were loyal to Chandragupta II, which would allow one man to control a vast empire and make it stable. The ways Pericles
The Roman and the Persian both had a successful empire throughout many decades. One way both the Roman and the Persian expanded their empire was by concurring vast territories. “Following the conquest of the Italian peninsula, Rome fought with Carthage for control over the western Mediterranean. This led to a series of conflicts called the Punic Wars”( slide 10). After the victory of the first Punic Rome seized full control of both Sicily and Corsica and most importantly, Rome emerged as a dominant powers as they emerged as a naval and land power.
Throughout history, there has been many battles in which two large and powerful empires fought to maintain land, fought over religion, or to gain an abundance of resources. These empires, the Greek and the Persian, were hostile towards each other at the time. Although these empires were quite similar, they were near direct opposites at the time.
The government plays a major role in any civilization. The Greeks had several different types of government: Monarchy, Aristocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy. The Democratic Government is the type of government, which mainly influenced our modern civilization. Democratic Government simply means the citizens have the power, which is the type of government here in the United States of America.
The Persian Empire was divided into into 20 satrapies. Each satrapie was ruled by a satrap. Satrap means “protector of the kingdom” so they basically protected the kingdom by supplying security and soldiers for armies. The Persians believed in a monotheistic religion called Zoroastrianism created by