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The Rise of the Persian Empire: Professor Matt Waters on Ancient Empires and Cyrus the Great

Tides of History

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The Role of the King in the Persian Empire

The emperor's role in Rome is much more communicative. He's not serving as the guardian of cosmic order in nearly the same way. It's a much different conception of what the central figure's job is and how they relate to the people.

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