Which was not a method by which the Persians strengthened their empire?
a. Giving autonomy to provincial administrators
b. Promoting religious toleration
c. Using technology and learning from other cultures
d. Building roads and highways to connect the far-flung reaches of the empire
e. Using a unified, comprehensive law code like Hammurabi's
ANSWER:
e
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