Colomn 1
The common tongue in Ancient Persia
What is Aramaic?
Queen of Persia.
Who is Esther?
Persepolis
The capital city of Persia after Susa.
Cyrus II
A great leader and founder of the ancient Persian Empire. A Persian leader who led a successful revolt against the Medes.
The Hebrew form of Xerxes.
Who was Ahasuerus?
Language spoken by Persian kings.
What is Old Persian?
Herodotus
Greek historian; known as the Father of History.
Satrap
A governor in Persia who ruled a particular province; was responsible for collecting tribute and reported to the king.
An ancient plain in Greece, the site of the battle in which the Athenian army defeated the Persian army.
The Persians lost.
What happened during the Battle of Marathon?
Became ruler of Macedonia at the age of twenty-two; led the Greek army in conquering many lands and spreading Greek culture.
Who was Alexander the Great?
Behistun Cliff
A cliff with an inscription that helped decipher cunieform.
Daric
The coin used in the Persian empire; was named after Darius I.
A province in ancient Persia.
What is a satrapy?
A narrow mountain pass in Greece; the site where the Greeks were defeated by the Persians.
The Persians won.
What happened at the Battle of Thermopylae?
Medes
Nomadic tribe
Zoroastrianism
Persian religion founded by Zoroaster taught that humans had the freedom to choose right from wrong.
A palace official who tried to destroy the Jews during Esther's time.
Who is Haman?
The last pre-Islamic Persian empire. Rulers of the Sassanian dynasty in ancient Persia; the last of the true Persian kings.
Who were the Sassanians?
Battle of Salamis
An island off the coast of Greece; the site where the Greeks defeated the Persians in a naval battle.
Persians lost because Greeks rammed their ships into Persian ships.
Persians
A native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Persia (or Iran), or a person of Persian descent.
King of Persia; also called Ahasuerus; son of Darius.
Who is Darius I?
Esther's relative who refused to bow to Haman; helped Esther save the Jews
Who is Mordecai?
Parthians
A nomadic people from northern Persia who began retaking part of the Persian Empire around 171 BC.
Artaxerxes
King of Persia, allowed Ezra to begin rebuilding the Temple, and Nehemiah the walls of Jerusalem. King of Persia and son of Xerxes; allowed Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem to restore worship and rebuild its wall. Artaxerxes I was the last of the strong Achaemenid kings.
It was a wealthy civilization because of its gold and silver.
What was Lydia?