What made the Persian Empire so successful?

Question

Detailed answer. Or website?

Answer 1

have a look at http://www.cais-soas.com/articles/history_articles.htm

excellent website where you can find most answers to anything Persian.



another one to try is : http://www.iranchamber.com/history/historic_periods.php

Answer 2

Which Persian Empire?

There was not one Empire called the "Persian Empire" or "Persia"

The "Persian Empires" was a series of Empires situated in the same geographical area centered on the area now occupied by Iran.
Proto-Elamite civilization (3200–2700 BC)
Jiroft civilization (3000–5th c. BC)
Elamite dynasties (2700–539 BC)
Kingdom of Mannai (10th–7th c. BC)
Median Empire (728–550 BC)
--------------------------------------------- "Persian Empires"
Achaemenid Empire (648–330 BC)
Seleucid Empire (330–150 BC)
Parthian Empire (250 BC– 226 AD)
Sassanid Dynasty (226–650)
------------------------------------------------ End of "Persian Empires"
Patriarchal Caliphate (637–651)
Umayyad Caliphate (661-750)
Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258)
Tahirid dynasty (821–873)
Alavid dynasty (864–928)
Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)
Samanid dynasty (875–999)
Ziyarid dynasty (928–1043)
Buwayhid dynasty (934–1055)
Ghaznavid Empire (963–1187)
Ghori dynasty (1149–1212)
Seljukid Empire (1037–1194)
Khwarezmid dynasty (1077–1231)
Ilkhanate (1256–1353)
Muzaffarid dynasty (1314–1393)
Chupanid dyansty (1337–1357)
Jalayerid dynasty (1339–1432)
Timurid Empire (1370–1506)
Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans (1407–1468)
Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans (1378–1508)
Safavid Empire (1501–1722/1736)
Hotaki Ghilzai dynasty (1722–1729)
Afsharid dynasty (1736–1802)
Zand dynasty (1750–1794)
Qajar dynasty (1781–1925)
Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979)
Islamic Revolution (1979)
Provisional Government (1979–1980)
Islamic Republic of Iran (1980–Present)

The so-called "Persian Empire" Was the period between
Achaemenid Empire (648–330 BC)
Seleucid Empire (330–150 BC)
Parthian Empire (250 BC– 226 AD)
Sassanid Dynasty (226–650)

Answer 3

Few things - ( www.historychannel.com) they just did a series about it Building an Empire i think.

But i digress - top 5 things they did right:
Had ONE greatly disiplined army
had excellent civil and war engineers
had for its time the cleanest enviroments in its cities
had leaders who were bold enough to move and wise enough to stop.
Understood happy peasents means more production.

Answer 4

They had lasers and jet packs. I think they got them from the Cylons.

That and they were frighteningly charming before converting to Islam. Then they lost their collective sense of humor.