Ancient Persia & Greece
The founder of the Achaemenian dynasty and the first Persian emperor.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The Persian Religion.
What is Zoroastrianism?
The region of Greece that was under Persian control and where the Ionian Revolt began.
What is Ionia?
The Persian king who sent a large army to punish Athens after the Ionian Revolt.
Who is Darius the Great?
The major road built by Darius the Great to facilitate communication and trade across the Persian Empire.
What is the Royal Road?
The Persian king who was responsible for conquering Egypt and ruling as Pharaoh.
Who is Cambyses II?
The God worshiped in Zoroastrianism.
Who is Ahura Mazda?
The reason the Greek city-states in Ionia revolted against the Persian Empire.
What is it because they wanted independence from Persian Rule?
Despite being outnumbered, the Greek city-state that won the Battle of Marathon.
What is Athens?
The form of currency created by Darius to unify the Persian Empire.
What is the common currency or Daric?
The Persian Ruler who built the Royal Road created a common currency and organized the empire into satrapies for better control.
Who is Darius the Great?
The concept of Dualism in Zoroastrianism.
What is the belief that everything has an opposite?
The Greek city-state that helped the Ionians during their revolt against Persia.
What is Athens?
The significance of the Battle of Marathon for Athens.
What is a victory that demonstrated the strength and unity of Athens, and set the stage for further Greek resistance against Persia?
The mythological beast that is depicted in Persian architecture.
What is the Griffin?
The Persian king tried to avenge his father's defeat at the Battle of Marathon by invading Greece.
Who is Xerxes?
The three main rules of Zoroastrianism.
What are good thoughts, good words, and good deeds?
The victors of the Ionian Revolt.
Who is the Persian Empire?
The formation that was used by the Athenians to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
What is the phalanx?
The last emperor of Persia.
Who is Darius III?