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Social structure and political organisation Nature and role of the army…
Social structure and political organisation Nature and role of the army and navy; workers and artisans
Military power was particularly important for both conquering the territories and for maintaining the integrity of the empire including preventing rebellion and invasion from outsiders
Army
Infantry, cavalry and archers
H. describes the weapons and amour of Persians and satraps contingents are partly supported by persian art, including glazed bricks at susa and bas reliefs at Persepolis
Army consisted of 10000 immortals and other persian and median infantry, satrapial contingents of foot soldiers (pasti) armed with spears or local weapons, the cavalry (asabara), spearmen (arshika), war axe carriers (vassabara)
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The hazarapat or commander was also significant in court and H states in the time of the persian wars Xerxes heavily used the advice of his Hazarapat
Persian infantry
wore felt caps, sleeved tunics over iron scaled armour and trousers
they carried a wicker shield and a long bow, short spear and short sword
As support for the imperial rule, the king called upon satrapies to provide troops when needed. These 46 satrapal contingents were organised into 6 large corps commanded by the 6 chief marshals
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Navy
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Green questions the numbers ancient scholars have provided especially at artemisium and salamis in 480 BC = 'modern scholars agree that Xerxes' fleet numbered somewhere between 800-600 at the time of artimisium and perhaps 450 when salamis was fought'
Persian ships were lighter and faster then greek ships and had advantage in manpower for boarding. They were most manoeuvrable in relatively calm and open seas
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The workers and artisans
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Female workers
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Tablets at Persepolis show that the highest paid female workers were paid 3x that of men in similar jobs
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