Achaemenians, global nationalists (The beginning of the history of the civilized world)

Achaemenid kings, especially Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great in 550 520 B.C., they founded a great empire that stretched from the Indus River in India to North Africa and from the Aral Sea to the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman..
These great rulers, in addition to building magnificent and wonderful palaces and palaces, founded a very coherent administrative and state system and established a communication network and wide and long roads that did not exist until that time. .
Their behavior with the nations under their rule was very noble. The Achaemenians really respected the beliefs and opinions of others, and they strictly avoided disrespecting the subordinate nations, as was common before, and they did not shy away from accepting the correct and valuable beliefs of other nations..
German philosopher Hegel in the book Philosophy of History from Achaemenid Iran under the name <<The beginning of the history of the civilized world>>remembers.
The Achaemenians proved that it is possible to form a single and vast government under which different ethnic groups and nations can live side by side with different cultures and comprehensive laws..
final word
If we intend to evaluate and identify the achievements of the Achaemenid period, without a doubt, the concept <<One world government>>That is, the integration of various nations and cultures is considered the most important legacy of the Achaemenid era, which reached Alexander and then the Romans. (Richard N. Fry)Iran expert
The Achaemenians founded the largest empire in the world, which created stability and security and the prosperity of human civilization in the Near East for more than two centuries..
The government that the Achaemenids established and the system that they used to manage it later became a good model for the governments after them in large empires such as the Roman Empire and the Sassanid dynasty..