1. The Persian Empire The Persian Empire was based mainly on tolerance, diplomacy, military power, and religious revolution. These characteristics contributed to making it one of the most productive and complex empires of its time.

2. Persian Geography Persia had prosperous farmland and a wealth of minerals. It included gold, silver, lead, copper, and shining blue lapis lazuli. This area extended from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south.

3. Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius Cyrus -While Cyrus was in rule, he had a very different method of governing. He had great kindness toward the people and cities he conquered. -Cyrus had rules against destroying and burning the places he lead his army into, because he believed in honoring their religions and customs. -For example, instead of burning a local temple or causing harm to it, he would go pray in it. -Cyrus was a true warrior and lost his life in battle. Next to the throne was Cambyses. Cambyses - Cambyses was Cyrus’s son. He first expanded the Persian Empire by conquering Egypt. However, he did not use the same technique as his father did. -While invading Egypt, he treated the Egyptian religion like it was unworthy. He ordered pictures of their gods to be burned. -Cambyses died after ruling for only eight years, and a bunch of rebellions broke out all across the Persian empire. Darius -Darius was Cambyses’s successor; a noble of the ruling dynasty. -He spent the first few years stopping revolts with the help of an elite group of Persian soldiers called the Ten Thousand Immortals. -After making a well-organized and efficient way of ruling, he conquered land up in the mountains of what is now Afghanistan and and down in the river valleys of India. -His only failure was to conquer Greece.

4. Specialized Workers For the King - Satraps were ruling each different province under the King. - “King’s Eyes and Ears” were people who went to check up on the satraps to make sure that they were doing their job. Military -Soldiers wore leather pants and thick felt boots. They rode mountain ponies and bot bow&arrows. -They were very sucessful. They conquered the whole fertile crescent and most of Anatolia -Cyrus had a special way of leading the military while he was in rule.

5. ADVANCED Architecture IN PERSIA Due to the hot and dry climate of the region in ancient Persia, its structures include neolithic background and show much more configuration of set-up family wise. For example, in a village near present day Iran they have found little settlements featuring small mudbrick homes and what is believed to be early plumbing systems, as well as separate rooms displaying certain qualities. One such quality is a room in which there is a bed made out of weaves. This obviously displays what an early Persian called a room.