HIST 002A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Angra Mainyu, Persian Empire, Moe Williams
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Campaigns fought against rival persians, but eventually won allowing him to claim the. He also fought against who tried to rebel from persian rule. Then crushes those rebellions led by persian subjects. Continues to expand the persian empire to its greatest territorial extent. Persian army enters india and conquer territory in northwestern border of india. Leads persian army into europe for the first time. )persians were lucky to have a series of good rulers. Persians had a very good and large army. Persians were very similar to the spartans, from a very young age boys were trained to fight in the army. Even the persian kings were trained to fight. Persians ask its subjects to contribute to persian army, Elite units were made up of persians. Persiand eventually had 350,000 soldiers from the people it conquered. 3. ) imperial administration how they organized their empire. To run this empire they divided into provinces called satrapies.
