How were the Achaemenids able to keep an empire this massive for 2 centuries?
The biggest empire before the Achaemenid empire was this, comparatively quite tiny.
There wouldn't be an empire that would eclipse the Achaemenid empire in size until the Arab caliphates, more than a millennium later.
By not being autistic cultural/religious supremacists
>>1091617
Well their were a lot of internal divisions within the empire. The Persian kings wasn't called the king of kings for no reason. I think that the system was was kind of like a glass at then end of the table. It wouldn't fall on its own but it on its own but the slightest push would.
>>1091637
They weren't autistic enough. That's why they fell.
>>1091629
Rome, Han China, and Mauryan empire were comparable
>>1091652
No, they fell because one guy decided to be autistic
>>1091652
Nah they fell because they lacked a good counter to Macedonian troops/Darius III being a fuckwit
>>1091659
To fight autism, one must walk the path of the autist.
>>1091617
It didn't.
A lot of the territory Darius conquered was lost well before Alexander came around.
Thessaly and Macedon were Persian only during Xerxes campaign.
Crimea was also Persian for just a few years. A lot of the territory around the Caspian also escaped Persian control after less then a century.
>>1091671
Egypt was also in constant revolt as Egypt usually is
>>1091671
They didn't even conquer Crimea really.
>>1091729
t. real conquest pro
>>1091733
Useless post.
>>1091735
t. post usefulness expert
>>1091629
The Median Empire was larger then the Assyrian Empire. Also you might want to mention that the Achaemenids were from the same dynasty as Astayges, Cyrus the Great's maternal grand father and the transition from "Median" to "Persian" is more of a cadet branch taking over then a different successor empire. Its more like Iranian hegemony for closer to 400 years then 220.
>>1091660
>>1091659
>>1091652
Reminder that Darius III's predecessor, Atarxerxes III, repeatedly blocked Philip's influence and power and had he not been assassinated the conquest of Persia might not have happened.
>>1091756
Forgot picture.
>>1091725
Egypt revolt was put down both times by Darius and Xerxes, and several of their successor. And yes they got far into the Crimea, it was part of Darius's anti-Scythian campaign that might've had Persian soldiers near the Danube.
>>1091765
But they didn't conquer Crimea.
>>1091852
That's a matter of opinion. Darius had an extremely effective and successful campaign into the Crimea against the Scythians and compelled at least the development of two new provinces: the Scythians of the plains and the Scythians of the marshes. The ones around or across the Danube river likely old paid tribute since we know the Persian expedition did not build any fortresses or garrisons there.
>>1091879
*likely only
>>1091617
Alot of that land was unpopulated or inhabited by simple shepards and farmers who are not hard to keep in line. Same with the Roman Empire, by the way. These empires were great, but people give them too much credit.
>>1094675
The Achaemenid empire is literally the empire with the highest percentage of the global population under their rule.
45% of the world's population lived in that empire. Stop fucking bullshitting.
