Ancient Empires
He was the famous Persian king who united many different peoples to build one of the first great empires in history.
Cyrus the Great
The Persians built these clever underground channels to carry vital water across hot, dry deserts.
qanats
Persia sat right at the center of this famous, massive network of trade routes that connected the East and the West.
silk road
For thousands of years, Europeans used this name for the country, a term they originally got from the ancient Greeks.
I have keys but open no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?
a keyboard
At its largest, the massive Persian Empire stretched all the way between these two distant regions, one famous for pyramids and the other for the Indus River.
Egypt and India
Our modern English word "paradise" actually comes from an old Persian word describing this beautiful, enclosed feature.
walled garden
These groups of travelers and packed animals journeyed through Persian lands carrying silk, spices, and gold.
caravans
The people who actually lived in the homeland always called their land by this name.
Iran
I am full of holes, but I can still hold a whole lot of water. What am I?
a sponge
This vocabulary word describes a ruler like Cyrus, who was willing to accept and respect beliefs, languages, and customs different from his own.
tolerant
In addition to water channels, the Persians designed early versions of these wind-powered machines to help them do work.
windmills
long with precious physical goods, these two invisible things traveled along trade routes, helping Persian civilization grow.
new ideas (inventions/stories )
In this specific year, the government officially asked the rest of the world to stop using "Persia" and start using its true name.
1935
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
Many people today look back at Cyrus the Great's fair rules and see them as an early, ancient step toward this modern concept protecting all people.
human rights
Aside from engineering, ancient Persians made massive contributions to the world through beautiful poetry and these two school subjects.
mathematics and science
This 5-letter vocabulary word means "the exchange of goods between different people or places."
trade
The true name of the country, Iran, literally translates to this short phrase.
land of the Iranians
I have a neck but no head, and I wear a cap but have no hair. What am I?
a bottle
This type of political system features many different lands and groups of people all ruled by one supreme leader or government.
empire
This 12-letter vocabulary word means "something completely new and useful that someone creates
invention
Because it was a "crossroads of the world," this 12-letter word describes why Persia became an advanced society with cities, writing, and culture.
civilization
This is the primary language spoken by most people in modern Iran today, which is also frequently called Farsi.
Persian
What has hands but cannot clap, and keeps on running but has no legs?