They controlled almost as much territory as the Macedonian Empire after it.

About 80% of the people living in the Persian Empire during the 5th century BCE were farmers. The empire controlled three of the largest river systems in the known world. They were the Euphrates-Tigris in Mesopotamia, the Nile in Egypt and the Indus in India.

(The Great Courses – The Persian Empire)

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