Mesopotamia
Ancient Assyria
Assyria – Territory and economy
Assyria occupies a small territory along the upper course of the river Tigris, the territory that stretched from the lower course of Zab in...
Ancient Assyria
First rise of Assyria (1365-900. BC)
In the XV century BC, Assyria was under the rule of Mitanni emperors. Mitanni emperor Shaushtatar defeated the Assyrians and taken the city Ashur,...
Ancient Assyria
Second rise of Assyria (884-612. BC)
Ashuranasirpal II (Ashur-nasir-pal) (884-859 BC) made the foundations of military power in Assyria. Historians so far know 14 major campaigns in 24 years of...
Persian empire
The term Persia and Medes empire
The term Persia has been used for centuries, mainly in the west, for determination of the southern Iran region, which was formerly known as...
Persian empire
The organization and economy of the Persian (Acheamenid) empire
The management of the Persian empire was centralized and organized as follows:
Emperor
The clerks, which in the Emperor's name managed individual branches of...
Persian empire
Persian – Acheamenid empire (559-330 BC)
Cyrus II (559-530 BC) - He was the son of Anshan (southwester Iran) King Cambyses I and Medes Princess (Medes - northwestern Iran and...