climate+and+geographical+factors

__//**Climate and Geographical Factors **//__
 * One of the big reasons that Persian Empire was so successful was because of the harsh conditions they had to deal with
 * The geography of the area was generally rocky, arid and not many things could grow there and is was also hard to find water or to get it to where the could grow things (http://www.localhistories.org/persians.html)
 * To deal with this they developed genius contraptions to get the water from underground and irrigate it throughout the fields that the had
 * They also built underground canals that sometimes spanned several kilometers (http://www.localhistories.org/persians.html)
 * Also because of this they relied mainly on cattle before they become such of huge empire (Olmstead, Albert, 267)
 * Mainly dessert (http://www.localhistories.org/persians.html)
 * Very hot and arid (http://www.localhistories.org/persians.html)

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