p1ch7interaction

Author: T.J. Ford

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * 1. Demography and Disease || * The Persian people had a lot of specialized labor.
 * They built roads and high towering structures. ||
 * 2. Migration || * Cyrus grew up in the southern middle east and conquered many cities bringing his people with them
 * When the middle east heated up people migrated to southern asia ad eurasia ||
 * 3. Patterns of Settlement || * The Persians were agricultural people who built large lavish cities along the Tigris and Euphrates river
 * They rarely left there settled places except to go and fight wars and conquer other areas ||
 * 4. Technology || * Large marble columns were erected to hold up tremendously heavy temples
 * Persians were among the first to experiment with that of iron mettalurgy and used it to decimate far lands
 * A long complex road system was erected to carry people and vehicles along an easier path ||