A. Republic, Representative democracy, also known as indirect democracy, is a type of democracy where elected persons represent
In 559 BCE, a man named Cyrus became the leader of Persia. He was the great-great-grandson of the first Persian king, Achaemenes—whose name is why historians call this the Achaemenid Persian Empire!
Prior to Cyrus’s rule, Persia was a small tributary state to the Median Empire, which happened to be ruled by Cyrus’s grandfather, Astyages. Persia paid the Medes for protection and to maintain a level of independence.
Cyrus came into conflict with his grandfather—for reasons that are unknown—and initiated a rebellion that ultimately succeeded in 550 BCE. Cyrus commemorated his victory over Astyages by building a city on the site of the battle and naming it Pasargadae, after his tribe.
By defeating Astyages, Cyrus took on his role as ruler of what had been the Median Empire. Not everyone who had been paying tribute to Astyages accepted Cyrus as their new ruler, however. In order to solidify his power, Cyrus had to find ways to bring lesser rulers under his control. His success earned Cyrus the title of "Cyrus the Great."Cyrus was a successful military commander, but he also recognized the need to leave the regions that he conquered in good economic order if they were going to provide him with tribute revenues. To achieve this, Cyrus left local rulers in place after conquering a region, and he allowed the local population to continue practicing their preferred religious traditions. These policies ensured that conquered regions continued to function economically and reduced the chance that they would rebel against him.
In ancient Mesopotamia, a common imperial strategy was to relocate conquered populations to new areas in order to break up their political and cultural unity and make them less dangerous to the ruling power. Cyrus reversed this practice by allowing the Jews, who had been relocated by the Babylonians, to return to Israel and establish a tributary state. While this might appear to be an act of generosity, it was probably a calculated move on the part of Cyrus to help ensure Jewish loyalty, and thus a continuation of his general policy of tolerance. Cyrus’s son, Cambyses II, added to the Achaemenid Empire by conquering Egypt. While Cambyses II was away in Egypt, a man pretending to be his brother tried to take control of the empire. Cambyses died in 522 BCE while returning from Egypt to remove this pretender and was succeeded by a general named Darius.
Although Darius had a legitimate claim in that he was distantly related to Cambyses II, several other claimants to the Persian throne challenged Darius. Many regions saw the resulting chaos as an opportunity to rebel against Achaemenid rule.
Darius eventually established himself as the sole ruler of Persia and reconquered the rebellious regions, growing the Achaemenid Empire to its greatest extent. Partly as a response to the initial challenges that he faced, Darius reorganized the empire by dividing it into satrapies, or provinces. For each satrapy, Darius appointed a satrap—a political governor—and a military commander.
The division of military and political power was meant to prevent regional leaders from becoming too powerful. Unlike the system of local control employed by Cyrus, Darius appointed these satraps directly, meaning that their loyalty was to him. (Internet)
Answer:
because the north stopped doing slavery but the south kept going
Explanation:
why was that? the north realized that what they were doing was wrong and they were getting lazy but the south was not stopping and they were getting lazy but in the late 1850s the confederates were beginning to stop but the united states taxed them badly and that is how the civil war started ( oh! by the way the American civil war was about money).
Answer: population.
Despite starting small economically, the island of Saint Domingue (now known as Haiti), developed to be one of the richest islands in the world, with a really organized, yet unfairly divided society. Before The Revolution, the Island of Saint Domingue was used as a Pirate outpost. Later, the French convinced these pirates to give up piracy and settle on the Island. The pirates accepted and used their wealth to create large plantations. In these plantations, a massive amount of sugar was produced in extremely low working conditions (Crash Course). Soon, Saint Domingue was trading so much of this sugar, that it became one of the most valuable islands in the world. Though being wealth was a big achievement, it also came with a downside. The Island had the second largest slave count in the world after Brazil. By the 18th century, more slaves were brought in from Africa every year, than the entire white population of the island. Constantly raising by these numbers, by the 19th century the island’s population consisted 90% of slaves (Crash Course). These slaves lived under terrible conditions. Yellow fever, small pox, and miserable working conditions did not allow growth of the slave population through reproduction (Crash Course). The population growth was only caused by new imports. Plantations were known to have up to 200 slaves. This harsh slavery created separations in the social classes of Saint Domingue. At the time, colonial society was divided into 4 groups:
In the highest positions came the White Planters. These were the wealthiest, since they were the ones who owned the plantations, and the slaves.
Next, came the free people of color. This Social class was created by children of the white men and slave women. This children were often freed from slavery by their fathers, since they were higher in the social ladder. The wealthy free people of color even could own plantations and slaves of their own.
Then came the Petit Blancs, which is French for the “poor whites”. The petit blancs were often shopkeepers, artisans, and teachers.
Last in the hierarchy came the slaves, who were brought in from Africa to work in the sugar plantations. They slaves had extremely poor working conditions and they weren’t payed for their labor. (Crash Course)
All of these social separations played a huge role later on, which would later influence the revolution.
Explanation: that is good right lol
