World History : Explain Persia's ability to govern such a large geographical region.
Reasons can include religion, economical and technological.
2007-09-11 13:02:55 · 2 answers · asked by funkymonkey5142@sbcglobal.net 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In addition to the Royal Roads, which allowed faster transportation and communication, the Persians had several techniques that helped them rule a large empire:
* Satrapies: They split the empire into regions called satraps. Each satrapy had a governor who was given a great deal of authority to establish policies that matched the people he was ruling. This kept acts of rebellion relatively infrequent.
* Tolerance: The Persians allowed people to keep their own customs, religions, and languages. So long as they were paying taxes to Persia, there culture was left alone.
2007-09-11 15:20:51 · answer #1 · answered by epublius76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One explanation is the Royal Road - a high quality road that permitted relatively speedy communication across the Empire.
2007-09-11 14:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋