Stratification In The Persian Empire

Government refers to the way in which a society is (power of administration can be spread throughout political levels or entrusted and spread throughout the people or invested in a central governing body), either way, this a precondition and it is important to note that systems such as communism and capitalism are not governments, but rather economic systems (Matthew K, 2012). Stratification (in geology) refers to the layering of rock and/sediments and, from a sociological point of view, it is similar in the fact that it refers to the various classes and ranks people are divided into within society or the “layers” that make up a society (Cole, 2017).

A single example of the importance of a strong and competent ruler or government – as well

Darius made use of his own personal agents to monitor the, roughly, twenty provinces (satraps) that he had created to check their condition and records, he made certain that the official treasures, secretaries and troops answered to him which restricted the provinces from amassing the money and troops needed to stage a revolt against him while still being able to protect the provinces. He made use of impressive road systems to connect his empire and increase the efficiency of travel and delivery (even with roads going through the desert to Egypt). Finally, Darius made sure to keep his subjects happy since he knew that maintaining such a such a far-reaching empire while trying to fight the rebellions of unhappy subjects would be next-to-impossible, so he adopted a tolerant policy (e.g. acceptance of various customs and religions, moderate taxes and slavery was almost unheard of) and so Persian rule was tolerated as it was seen as an improvement from its predecessors (Assyrians and Babylonians) (Butler, 2007). Darius was succeeded by Xerxes I “The Great” who tried to expand the Persian Empire even further but was met with resistance from the Greek, but his successes include the suppression if revolt in Egypt (Gills, 2017). However, after the death of Xerxes the Persian Empire/Civilization began to crumble due to the lack of leadership show by the likes of Darius and Xerxes and this led to the rise of several provincial revolts (mainly in Egypt) which created major economic concerns which waned the power of the king/s a and boosted the power of the satraps and although the Persians survived the following invasions and conquests (e.g. that of Alexander the Great) they never regained the