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Army The Immortals played an important role in several conquests. First, they were elemental when Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon in 539 BC.The Immortals took a different route, and attacked the Greeks from the rear. They were very strong, and feared by many, for their strength, replenishing numbers, strategy, and technique.The empire possessed a “national army” of roughly 120.000-150.000 troops, plus several tens of thousands of troops from their allies.The usual tactic employed by the Persians in the early period of the empire, was to form a shield wall that archers could fire over. These troops (called sparabara, or shield-bearers) were equipped with a large rectangular wicker shield called a spara, and armed with a short spear, measuring around six feet longThe bow was the preferred missile-weapon of the Persians. At maximum rate of fire a sparabara haivarabam of 10,000 men could launch approximately 100,000 arrows in a single minute and maintain this rate for a number of minutes. Typically the Persian cavalry would open the battle by harassing the enemy with hit and run attacks - shooting arrows and throwing small javelins - while the Persian sparabara formed up their battle-array.

Wealth The Persian Empire was the largest in the world up to its time (beginning in 550 BCE). Stretching from Egypt to near the borders of Pakistan. Centered on modern day Iran, it reached north all the way up to include most of Turkey and to within proximity to what is now the Ukraine in Russia. It contained many different peoples. All of whom were required to pay taxes or tribute in either gold or other materials (including people) to their Persian masters. Tremendous amounts of gold, silver and any other precious material were given over to the Persians. This enabled them to build roads and massive architectural wonders within their Empire. The Persian Empire waxed and waned thru several periods until it was conquered by Alexander the Great.

Navy The Iranian Navy, traditionally located in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, has always been the smallest of the country's military.Battle of Salamis (/ˈsæləmɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ναυμαχία τῆς Σαλαμῖνος, Naumachia tēs Salaminos) was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC which resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. ry forces. An Iranian navy in one form or another has existed since Achaemenid times in 500 BC; however, except for the Achaemanid navy, none of the following navies were particularly well organised or strong.

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