PERSIA Elaboration
POLITICAL
• Leadership
• Military
• Types of rule/government
• Wars
• Treaties
• Participation (Parliament, Diet, etc.)
• Territorial expansion
ECONOMIC
• Trade
• Money/barter
• Products
• Banking
• Jobs, work
• Standard of living; gap between rich and poor
• Taxes
• Technology/inventions
RELIGIOUS
• Religion/gods/worship
• Religious culture/customs
• Religious acts by leaders
• Religious minorities & responses
SOCIAL
• Gender roles
• Family; children
• Education
• Leisure
• Customs
• Disease
INTELLECTUAL
• Philosophy
• Science
• Literature
• Attitudes, especially toward institutions
AESTHETIC
• Characteristics of art and architecture
• Reflection of the era
