Economic System
- The economic was based on trades (1)
- Trades hold the whole empire together
- Darius started using standardized silver and gold coins
- Promoted trades and make it easier for foreigners to abide the system
- The resources of land included copper, lead, gold, silver and blue lapis lazuli (1)
- Wool was the main trading item and pearls too but it’s rare making it valuable (1)
- The expansion of fertile land crops came in surplus and often there was too many
- Traded around the society
- They were the first to have a insurance system (2)
Coins (3)
- Darius designed the coins system
- 2 different metals and weights ( gold Darin and silver siglos)
- Cause trade to evolve from basic barter system
Trades
- They promoted agriculture by trading new crops such as sesame to Egypt and Mesopotamia (4)
- Were in perfect location for international trades (in the middle)
- The Royal Road connected to the Silk Route
- They dominated the business world (5)
- They import Raw silk
- Persian carpets, jewels, rouge silk, wooden and golden textiles
- They had harbours, bridges which linked satrapies and other empire
- They boosted the trade by harbours, bridges and the royal road
- They had a concept of labels and PR (6)
Agriculture
- They obtain much of its wealth as a result of its prolific crops (7)
- Most urban cities based on agriculture
- Barley was the main crop because it’s easily grown throughout the empire
Taxation
- Taxes was first assessed in Darius
- Chief source of income for the Empire
- All the crops must pay in silver taxes which had been set strictly for each provinces
- The ruling people of Persia was exempt from tax (8)
- The techniques for collecting state taxes are known from documents which are large quantities of receipts
- Many inhabitants had to mortgage their land to obtain silver for the payment of tax
- The taxes were not equal
- Even forced to hand over their children (8)
- Taxes were about 20% of the person’s income (8)
- They taxed imports like silk and paper
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