Vocabulary
___________protector of the Kingdom”; the governor of a province (satrapy) of the Persian Empire under Darius
satrap
What time period can we trace Persia’s beginning to?
1,000 B.C.
In the movie 300 the queen was speaking to the council trying to?
Recruit for Sparta
___________ supported or held up
sustained
Who was the King of Persia during this period of time? He was a member of the Achaemenid family.
Cyrus the Great
Sparta Education is?
Military training
_____________the early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
Polis
Which ruler succeeded Cyrus as the king of this empire?
Darius
Spartans Culture is focused on?
military and discipline.
assemble
to gather; to meet together
What was the name of the road that was built by the Persians which ran from the Aegean
Coast to western Iran?
The Royal Road
Spartan boys start there military training at the age of
Seven (7)
____________a wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation
phalanx
How did Cyrus and Darius show they were tolerant of local ways as rulers of their empire?
Retaining local legal systems
Local customs
Religions
The strongest part of a Spartan is?
The man on his side next to him in battle