Please write your answer in complete sentences. Name two importance achievements of the Persian empire.
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The Persian Empire was important for many reasons. ... The Persians developed their empire in a manner that future empires would emulate. The Persians created a mail system. They built roads and developed a communication system throughout their empire In 550 B.C.E. Cyrus the Great, the leader of the Persians, conquered the Medes and united the Iranian people under one ruler for the first time. Cyrus became the first king of the Persian Empire and went on to establish one of the largest empires in world.
It was the largest empire of the ancient world stretching from Greece to India.
This empire’s biggest contribution to the world was surely that it showed that the path to successful empire-building was inclusion - treating all your subjects equally, making little or no distinction between conquerors and conquered once peace had been established, while still allowing freedom of culture and religion, language and clothing. We owe that insight to Cyrus, who was rightly admired for it in antiquity. It was Cyrus who allowed the Jews to build the Second Temple in Jerusalem and worship as they pleased. Cyrus again, who befriended Croesus after conquering Lydia and kept him as an advisor rather than a prisoner.
The Athenian failure to grasp the importance of inclusion for empire-building caused the collapse of the Athenian Empire with the Peloponnesian War. The Romans understood it, and their empire lasted almost two thousand years. The founders of the United States also insisted on freedom of religion and freedom of expression, and the equal standing of all the states, and that, too, has created a strong and enduring country.
As a close second, I’d name the emphasis that the Achaemenids placed on international trade. It’s really the Persians who got the Silk Road started, and reaped the economic benefits.