WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

PHOENICIAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Darius belonged to the civilization and created a common currency.
A
Assyrians
B
Hittites
C
Persians
D
Phoenicians
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Darius I introduced a common currency throughout the Persian empire, and this revolutionized the economy. He introduced two main monetary denominations: the gold daric and the silver siglo or shekel.

Detailed explanation-2: -Darius organized the empire by dividing it into administrative provinces that were governed by satraps. He organized Achaemenid coinage as a new uniform monetary system, and made Aramaic a co-official language of the empire alongside Persian.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Persian Empire’s standard gold coin was the daric, named after Darius the Great (521-486 BC).

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