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The persians adopted and improved upon the Assyrian system of governing an empire. They divided the empire into provinces, called satrapies. each satrapy was governed by an official called a satrap. however the persians also created royal inspectors
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The persians also spread a new religion called Zoroastrianism. The founder of this religion Zoroastrianism lived in persia about 600 B.C Zoroaster who preached a belief in one god, tried to eliminate his people's reliance on polytheism and magic.
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The ride to persian mod is sent in the sixth century BC, a most fascinating era of mankind's history. it was the time of four grand empires.
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concerned for 486 bc to 521 bc extended the empire tell it was as far as the meridian sea to the indus river in india went to war with most of the other armies
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built roads for transportation borrowed the alphabet from phoenicia designed the inside of their temples instead of the outside
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Ancient Persians had many languages and writing used writing for many purpose writing were etched writing was not a general skill ; performed by scribes
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this is what a calendar they used for hundreds of yrs
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