Blog Post #5

The United States and the decisions it has made, has been compared to the Roman Empire. Empires are usually large states with political systems. They are normally large, and conquer other states to use their resources. Empires are a fascination to both ancient and modern people because of their massive size, retaining a lot of information to learn from these times. The size of the empires brought together people from many traditions and religions that enabled exchanges in cultures and values. 

In 500 b.c.e., The most noteworthy empire was The Persian Empire. The empire stretched from Egypt to India and consisted of 35 to 50 million people from dozens of different cultures. The most famous leaders of this empire were Cyrus (557-530b.c.e.) and Darius (522-486b.c.e.). 

One of the smallest empires was Classical Greece, ranging from only 2 to 3 million people and existed upon a small peninsula of mountains and valleys along the Mediterranean Sea. The need for resources in Greece lead to deforestation and soil erosion. The most important part of Greece's empire was its idea of citizenship, which gave people the right to vote for policies and laws, giving citizens a lot of power.

One of the most famous, The Roman Empire, started out as a small and weak city-state in Italy. With new revisions of laws, and creating new political systems, it took The Roman Empire more than 500 years to re-establish itself, conquering many states and expanding its walls, becoming one of the most memorable empires of our time.