![]() ![]() Perhaps this was the result of the entropy that befalls all empires. However, the fall of the empire to Alexander the Great by 330 B.C.E. ![]() ![]() The Persian Empire also benefited from being well-connected by a series of roads, using a standardized official language, having a bureaucracy, and establishing many of the other hallmarks of future empires. This made revolts infrequent and gave its many nationalities a stake in the empire’s continued existence the Old Testament declared Cyrus the “anointed of God.” For example, he allowed the empire’s heterogeneous population’s cultural and religious autonomy. by Cyrus the Great, who was notable for establishing some of the policies that made his empire successful. The Persian Empire managed to successfully rule much of the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia and Europe for hundreds of years. The Achaemenid Persian Empire was the first major global empire in history, spanning most of the civilized world and containing 44 percent of the world’s population at the time, a proportion that has never since been exceeded. ![]()
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