War tactics, skills and trade, legislative methods, empires, and fear, are key when describing the Assyrian and Persian empires. Complex strategies and religious beliefs, all played a strong roll in the development and finish to these kingdoms. The Assyrian and Persian empires were the largest empires known during 600-400 B.C; their methods and organization kept their empires the most dominant during there time. The administrative methods and organization the Assyrians and the Persians used to build up and maintain their respective empires changed history.

The Assyrians were a Semitic people living in Mesopotamia. They conquered all of Syria and Palestine, all of Armenia, and Babylon and southern Mesopotamia. The Assyrians set policies towards the people they conquered, in order to prevent people in the empire to revolt against them. The confined people were set in different parts of the empire where they would migrate. The diverse cultures...