The Persian empire was built through the use of dominance. Cyrus The Great forcefully spread the reaches of his empire using military force. Up until Cyrus, no culture or individual had ever really thought this one up. Territorial conquests, like monarchical power, were justified on religious grounds, but these re

Darius extended the Persian empire to its farthest reaches, extending through his conquests all the way into Macedon just northeast of Greece. When the Greek cities of Asia Minor revolted against the high tributes demanded of them by the Persian empire, the Athenians joined in and conquered and burned Sardis, the capital of Lydia, in 498 BC. The Athenians, however, lost interest in the Greek struggle against Persia and, by 495 BC, Darius had reconquered Asia Minor. Eager to prevent any future threats to the empire by Athens or any other Greek city, Darius set out to conquer the whole of Greece. And he almost made it if he were not stopped by the Athenians and the Spartans at the battle of Marathon. Alexander the Great set out to conquer the Persians in his own punitive expedition. Even though the ruler of Persia, had a much superior force, Alexander managed to win battle after battle against the Persians, weakening the empire and eventually taking over.

All empires are established and maintained basically the same way, established by either hegemony or dominance

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