p1ch7economics

Name: Alyssa Plesser

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Agricultural and pastoral production || * Wheat, barley, peas,lentils,mushrooms, garlic, etc.
 * Food was used as a trading tool
 * Food was delivered to elites for banquets and more ||
 * Trade and Commerce || * Persians traded food for things such as weapons
 * Political stability, a coin system, prosperity, and good trade routes contributed to the world wide trade with Persia
 * Royal Roads were used to make trade faster and eaiser
 * Postal Services wre used to transport information ||
 * Labor Systems || * The free people were able to work in specialized labor such as scribes and artisans
 * Slaves did all of the difficult manual labor ||
 * Industrialization || * Industrilization came to Persia in the form of weapons, iron and bronze metallurgy, and buildings ||
 * Capitalism and socialism || * The Persian Empire was more of a capitalist empire because they had free peoples who were allowed to specialize in any area the choose ||