HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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barter
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alliance
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tribute
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fight
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Persia took part in the trade of the Silk Road by sending trade caravans to the north and east to join the Silk Road in Central Asian cities such as Tashkent. The main items traded from Persia appear to have been valuable metals-gold, silver, iron, and copper.
Detailed explanation-2: -Trade was conducted from one end of the Achaemenid and Sassanian empires to the other – roughly from the borders of modern-day India across to the coast of Turkey and down through the Levant and Egypt.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rial, with the ISO code IRR, is the official Iran currency name.
Detailed explanation-4: -Darius introduced a standard currency-a gold coin known as a daric. Having a standardized currency encouraged more economic activity within the empire by making transactions easier.