Which was one cause of the rise of the persian empire?

they respected the customs and religious beliefs of the people they conquered.

they exiled women and children from lands they conquered to persia as hostages.

they merged religions from the lands they conquered with zoroastrian rituals.

the persians forced the people they conquered to convert to zoroastrianism.

Will mark ! : "we have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence." these lines from the declaration of independence are an example of the use of (5 points) select one: a. logos b. pathos c. theme d. purpose