What caused the death of the New Babylonian kingdom? Why, ruling the conquered peoples, the Persians
What caused the death of the New Babylonian kingdom? Why, ruling the conquered peoples, the Persians tried to rely on the local authorities? What consequences could this have? What is the role of Cyrus in the formation of the Persian state? Why did they call him great? The structure and features of the management of the Persian state?
1) The cause of the death of the New Babylonian kingdom was the Persians, who seized the lands of the Babylonians and Babylon itself in 539 BC;
2) This is due to the fact that the local authorities could keep their people from uprisings and unrest;
3) Cyrus is the founder of the great Persian state, as well as the ancestor of the Achaemenid dynasty;
4) He was called great because he was able to create a huge state;
5) The Persian state was ruled by a king, at the same time it was divided into 20 satrapies, where local satraps ruled. This made it easier to manage such vast territories.