Persian Empire

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This cultural prominence was on full display during these wars, for the Greco-Persian Wars were documented by Herodotus, who is often said to be the father of modern history. His carefully detailed events inspired people like Thucydides to write his own history of the Peloponnesian War. These writers, although limited in terms of the sources available to them, were able to carefully document all of the events both during and after the war, and their versions of the story have been verified time and time again by various historians, helping enshrine these works as some of the most important in human history.

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The Ancient Persian Empires The Arab Conquest and the Rise of Islam The Golden Age of the Persian Empire Art, Religion, and Culture The Turbulent Years of the Eighteenth Century Revolutions and Upheaval: The End of the Persian Empire And much more!

its multicultural policy; the building of road network, like roadways and a postal system; the usage of a main language during its areas; and the development of civil services, and that includes the possession of a big, professional army. The empire's success resulted in the adoption of comparable systems by later empires.

Learn more in this book about this empire of old.