Food - Government

FOOD:

Iranians refined the taste & flavour of food and how it is presented. Although it still retains roots in its ancient resources. Iranians cook based on what is in season to ensure the food is fresh and at its best quality possible. Fragrances during cooking, and at the table plays an important role in the Iranian culture, as does the presentation of the food. 

GOVERNMENT:

The head of the Persian government was the king whose word was law. His authority was extended by a bureaucracy led by Persian nobles, scribes who kept the records, a treasury that collected taxes and funded building projects and armies, and a system of roads, couriers, and signal stations that facilitated mail and trade. In the early years when the army was predominately Persian, it capably preserved the internal and external peace.Much of the empire was divided into provinces called satrapies, ruled by a satrap.