Which empire was most similar to the Achaemenid Empire in its ambition to unify competing states over the course of generations of rulers via a process of centralization?

(A) Phoenicia (B) Han Dynasty (C) Gupta Dynasty (D) Zhou DynastyExplanation: Use POE. Phoenicia and the Zhou Dynasty were largely controlled by local groups, so get rid of (A) and (D). The Gupta Dynasty was not effective at centralizing, so eliminate (C). Choice (B) is correct.