HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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befriending their neighbors
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establishing colonies
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bribing others to join the empire
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conquering their neighbors
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Detailed explanation-1: -Based in Western Asia, it was the largest empire the world had ever seen at its time, spanning a total of 5.5 million square kilometres (2.1 million square miles) from the Balkans and Egypt in the west to Central Asia and the Indus Valley in the east.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some one hundred fifty years later (334 BCE), the legendary Macedonian king, Alexander the Great, invaded Persia with his army of Macedonians and Greeks. Alexander smashed the Persians in battle after battle over a ten-year period.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cyrus the Great: Cyrus II of Persia, also known as Cyrus the Great, created the largest empire the world had seen.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under Cyrus the Great, the Persians allowed the peoples they conquered to continue their lives and cultures. They could keep their customs and religion as long as they paid their taxes and obeyed the Persian rulers. This was different from how earlier conquerors such as the Assyrians had ruled.