Overview of Ancient Persia
First Shah en Shah of the Persian Empire
Who was Cyrus the Great
In 522 B.C.E who takes power
Who was Darius
Zoroaster is the Greek name for
What is Zarathustra
From 500 B.C.E to 494 B.C.E there is a series of revolts from where
What is Ionia
In 480 who try's to invade Greece by land and by sea
Who is Xeres
The empire that Cyrus the Great was able to overthrow in 549-550 B.C.E
What is the Median Empire
The Persians did not refer to themselves as the Persians they referred to themselves as the
Who was the Aryan people
In the Zoroastrian faith who is the 1 and only God
Who is Ahura Mazda
When the Greek rebels rose up against their Persian rulers they had assistance from which 2 groups of people
Who is the Athenians and the people in Eritrea
The Greeks plan is stop them at what land and what sea
What is the Straight of Artemisium and by land at Thermopylae
When Alexander the Great dies his empire splits and the Persian Empire is in control of who
Who was the Seleucid's
Who took control in 530 B.C.E
Who was Cambyses
The 2 important elements of the faith is
What is fire and water
Darius sends his first fleet in what year
What is 492 B.C.E
Where are the Persians defeated
What is the Straight of Salamis
The Achaemenid Empire lasted for how many years
What is a little over 200 years
In the 490's Darius goes after these people
Who was the Athenians
The symbol of the Farvahar stands for the connection of
What is the universe and humanity
Who was Filipides
Where are the Persians able to defeat the Greeks
What is the Thermopylae
The Achaemenid Empire was conquered by foreigners who were
Who was the Greeks
In the mid-540's B.C.E Cyrus the Great conquers this empire
The Lydian Empire
The 3 layers on the wings of the Farvahar symbol stand for
What is good thoughts, good words and, good actions.
In what year does Darius send another fleet and is somewhat successful
What is 490 B.C.E
There were about 200/300 Greek ships and how many Persian ships
What is 600 ships