The splendour of the Persian empire

When the empire Assyrian succumbed before the forces you warm and medasen the VIIth century a.c; the zones of Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine and Egypt happened to be dominated for cuatros big potency: medos, Babylonian, lidios and Egyptians. The first ones of them and especially the sovereign aqueménidas that happened to them, managed to build an empire, which should dominate to all the rest the Persian empire.

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Are going to re-live through this moment under the reign of Astiages 550 a. j; successor of the king medo Ciaxares and heir of a kingdom who includes the whole Anatolia and departs from Iran, Ciro II son of Cambises, prince of the house of the aqueménidas rebelled against the medos and took the power, nevertheless, the medos were still linked to sectors elitistas. Ciro II was the real creator of the Persian empire, it initiated his brilliant reign attacking the lidios and after his victory all the Greek cities of minor Asías, before down the domain I fight they happened to be under the direct control of the Persian ones.

In the year 539 a.j; Ciro II submitted also to the empire neobabilónico, then there went on to the throne his son Cambise II (521-528 a.j.), the one who initiated the conquest of Egypt the palatial intrigue and a dark matter on the mysterious suplantador of Bardiya there precipitated the coming into power Darío I, prince aqueménida and general of the army of Cambise, the new monarch suffocated the rebellion that exploded in diverse provinces of the empire. Series of campaigns began, to extend his extension in the occupation of the north of the indies and attack the escitas in Helesponto, nevertheless his big ambition was to do with the domains of Greece, which the company interrupted by the defeat of the Marathon in 490 a.j.

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an hours we have reading friends to Jerjes I (465-486), it continued the efforts to invade Greece but it was in the battle of Salamina, whose defeat to which it is necessary to join those of Stalls, Tebas and micala, which marked the end of the Persian domain in Greek ground, as soon as three monarches following Artajerjes I, Jerjes II And Darío II, turned out to be involved in the war of the Peloponeso and fluctuated in his alliance with Athens and Esparta to assure the stability of a more and more fragile empire. Artajerjes the IInd (358-404 a.j.) it led a reign full of difficulties for the conflicts for Esparta, the independence of Egypt, which the clash relatives and rebellions of diverse satraps.

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Recover the domain over Egypt, but the internal riots and the ascent of Felipe II of to demostraron the instability of the empire, small reign of Arse (336-338 a.j.) it was happened by Darío III (330-336 a.j.) that after being defeated by Alejandro Magno in the battle of Gaugamela, was murdered while the troops macedónicas they were conquering the empire. On the other hand it is necessary to consider the low of the medos and the sovereign aqueménidas, where the Persian empire was built after obtaining the mastery of big part of near east and reaching the control of Asia Minor, including also a north zone of the India, the construction of persépolis in Iran, the capital of the empire took place in full period aqueménida.

Darío I the big one the king of Persia, gained access to the throne after had murdered Bardiya the son of Ciro and brother of Cambise, the magnicidio justified himself adducing, that the magician Gaumataca had supplanted the personality of Bardiya and usurped the power, but Darío's action, legitimized also by his prince's condition of aqueménida, it was received with mistrust by diverse provinces of the empire, which they tried to make independent without success. Darío stood out for his harassment to the escitas, the control of Tracia and Macedonia and the beginning of the first campaigns against the Greeks in European soil, also he was a big manager, in such a way that it improved the system of satrapías, which promoted the commerce, to part I standardize the currency and units and weight, I strengthen for making a reality the coexistence of the multiple peoples, which were integrating the empire especially in religious matter, finally his achievements as promoter of architectural works can turn even in the rests of Persépolis and Susa.

Bibliography

The first Persian Empire for Miguel V. Avalos - 1906.

The big king of Persia for Manel García Sánchez - 2009.