TechnologyThe Persian Empire relied on a very strong military to stay a world power. This would have been a problem, but with Cyrus who was a military genius, this wasnt a problem. The technology of the Persian Empire was divided into three main groups; weapons, art and architechture. The weapons were short knives, bows and arrows, slings and long knives otherwise known as swords. The art during the reign of Cyrus, Darius, and Xerces, Persians created their most beautiful art. The architecture was mostly designed by the kings and built by the workers of the civilization.
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EconomyThe economy was based off trade and agriculture. they had handcrafts for trade and all the cities in the empire were agricultural The urban population was chiefly engaged in agriculture.
After the defeat of the Persian invasion in 479 BCE the freed cities in Asia Minor and the islands had an Athenian set new taxes and he mostly recommended the Persian tax rates. |