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Ottoman rulers believed that Muhammad's successor was his close friend Abu Bakr, whereas Safavid rulers believed that Muhammad's successor was his son-in-law Ali.
They used many methods for example they had strict rulers running the Empire. Since many were nomadic it was definately neccesary to unite these people
Renaissance writers wrote about political rulers and rulers to expand their power
an empire is good because you will be ruling over more land, have more people, and over time you can dominate a huge area of land! the only bad thing is that sometimes one of the states or nations that you are ruling over will become strong and conquer you and then they will become the rulers of the empire. but overall an empire is a good thing.
Darius and Xerxes.
Darius the Great and Xerxes the Great.
Darius I Xerxes I Artaxerxes I.
At this time presian rulers raised taxes to pay for their luxuries. This angered their subjects and caused many rebellions. Also, the persian royal family fought over who was to be king. Sons were constantly plotting to take over the throne. As a result, six of the nine rulers after Darius were murdered. These problems weakend the Empire and led to its decline.
Cyrus the Great, Darius I, Xerxes, and Darius II were all great Persian rulers.
There are numerous leaders of the Persian Empire who have ruled throughout history. See the below link for a list.
King Cyrus began the Persian (Achaemenid) Empire. He began as a tribal leader and proceeded to overthrow the overlord who ruled the area. He is the leader who conquered the most of the Persian empire's land. His empire extended from Anatolia to the Indus River. Cyrus is known as a great conqueror. Darius is considered to be the greatest Persian emperor. He broadened it a bit, but was more important as an administrator than a conqueror. He centralized his government at Persepolis, and standardized tax levies, coin, and code of law throughout the empire. Darius is known as an administrator. It is important to note that both rulers were extremely tolerant of different ethnic groups and cultures, which is highly unusual in world history.
They divided it into 20 provinces (satrapies) with a Persian provincial governor (Satrap) in control supervised by the king and his council.
It was used to provide internal and external security, build infrastructure and a percentage to the rulers. Tax was moderate - after the Greek cities in Asia Minor were freed from Persian rule in 478 BCE, the tax regime for those citis was generally set at the same as the Persian tax.
Persia was ruled first by king Darius then King Xerxes. The Greek city-states were ruled by their aristocracies.
Not by a long shot. The rulers of the Ottoman Empire were the Sultan, in political matters, and the Caliph, in spiritual matters. Shiites (shia) are a sect of Islam vigorously opposed by the Ottoman Empire and were often seen as a fifth column with loyalties to the Ottoman Empire's rival: the Safavid Persian Empire.
The rulers of an empire stretching from Libya to central Asia in the 5th, 4th and 3rd Centuries BCE.