The gold diplomacy in Greco-Persian relations

Abstract

© 2019, Universidad del Zulia. All rights reserved. In article, the authors focus on goals, methods and means of the Persian Gold diplomacy towards the Greeks, and collect all relevant data from Greek sources, which deal with different aspects of Persian diplomatic dealings with the Greeks via comparative qualitative research methods. In result, the Persian Gold Diplomacy was a sequence of the Achaemenid gift-given tradition. It did not reflect some peculiarities of the Persian relations with the Greek world. In conclusion, coercive Earth-and-Water Diplomacy and Gold Diplomacy were the implementation of a stick and carrot approach by the Achaemenid in their relations with the foreign countries and rulers.