Achievements
connected the empire’s cites and countries and extended to other countries
What are the royal roads?
The supreme god in Zoroastrianism
Who is Ahura Mazda?
Used in battle to scare the enemy.
What are elephants?
The social group that was educated
Who are Persian boys?
The sharing and spread of culture
What is cultural diffusion?
a system of underground channels that moved water from the highlands to the lowlands
What are Qanats
believed in a group of gods, a world creator, and three levels of the world
What is the Ancient Iranian Religion?
The king’s leadership in the hunt reflected
What is his power and leadership in war?
Empire with stricter rules for women
What is the Sasanian Empire?
something that is passed from one generation to the next
What is hereditary?
The steppe roads in ancient Persia were roads developed by
who are pastoral nomads to move goods and animals?
-The creation of four hereditary castes.
-Belief in Ahura Mazda as the supreme god
-Bodies shouldn't be embalmed
-Heaven and Hell
What is Zoroastrianism?
an archer rides away from an enemy while shootng an
arrow over their shoulder.
What is a Parthian shot?
In the ancient Persian empires, women were banned from
What is being a witness to a contract?
Lasso, spears, and bows
What are weapons used for hunting and war?
Used to communicate critical messages
What are light and mirrors?
Believed in the god Marduk
What is the Babylonian Religion?
This led leaders to embrace and preserve learning.
What is ancient Persia tolerance of different people and their ideas?
Sport included in Persian boys' education
What is hunting to improve physical fitness, train to withstand different types of weather, and learn to use weapons?
Item Greeks adopted from Persian fashion.
What are sleeves?
Art was used for rhetoric in ancient Persia
What is to create a specific interpretation of events?
The blending of religions.
What is syncretism?
ancient Persian empires likely embraced the diversity of their subject states to
What is to gain support and cooperation for the government?
People from different cultures mixed there.
What are social encounters or sites of cultural diffusion?
The relationship between Achaemenid Persia and Greece was guided by
What is a system of diplomacy?