The ancient Persians also fought on horseback. Steel weapons were sharper and stronger than earlier bronze or stone weapons. The Persians established their empire at a time after humans had learned to make steel. The classical period also brought political reform and introduced the world to a new system of government known as demokratia, or “rule by the people.” Persian Empireĭuring the Iron Age in the Near East, nomadic pastoralists who raised sheep, goats and cattle on the Iranian plateau began to develop a state that would become known as Persia. Classical Greece was an era of cultural achievements including the Parthenon, Greek drama and philosophers including Socrates.
By the late Iron Age, the Greek economy had recovered and Greece had entered its “classical” period.
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