Demand payment of a bonus they had been promised for military service.
Cyrus' conquest was relatively humane compared to empires preceding his, such as the Babylonians and Assyrians. He allowed many areas of his empire a great deal of autonomy, rather than centrally controlling things. This distributed leadership allowed Persia to cover a greater geographical area than previous empires in that era and still be fairly stable, since most of its subjects were content to remain under Persian rule. Persian law was more codified and less arbitrary than previous empires; the king's seal declared approval of law which could only be reversed by further approved decrees -- not quite rule of law but going in that direction.
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Dear Family.
This was never an adventure. I regret ever signing up for this war.
This war doesn't seem like it'll ever end. I wonder if this will really even be the stopper to all wars.
Rats, corpses, weapons, disease, rotten food, unsanitary conditions... the list goes on in these trenches. Men getting shot left and right, endless construction, scarce food, death...
I want to go home.
Kaz Woods.
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The Building of Tenochtitlan About 1325, the Aztecs began building a capital city on the island in Lake Texcoco. They called the new capital Tenochtitlan (tay»nohch«teet»LAHN). In some ways the place said to be chosen by Huitzilopochtli was a good one. Having water all around made the island city easy to defend against attack.
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