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Who defeated the Assyrian Empire?
Medes
100
First King of Persian Empire
Cyrus
100
Second King of Persian Empire
Darius I
100
Persian King who conquered Mesopotamia.
Cyrus
100
Cyrus and Darius let conquered people keep their own religion. True/False
True
200
Religion of Persia
Zoroastrianism
200
Zoroastrians believed in a God of Good and a God of ___.
Evil
200
Zoroastrianism was the religion of this ancient civilization.
Persia.
200
Ancient Greece had extensive irrigation networks. T/F
False
200
Ancient Greece formed these outposts to send excess population to.
Colonies
300
Reason why Ancient Greece formed colonies.
Poor soil made it hard to feed everyone.
300
This was Greek government by a handful of elite citizens.
Oligarchy
300
Name for Greek city-state.
Polis
300
Main reason that Sparta became a harsh militarized society.
Fear of slave revolt.
300
In Sparta, boys began military training at this tender age.
7
400
He created the Socratic Method of question and answer.
Socrates
400
Main reason King Philip II was able to defeat Greeks.
Peloponnesian War left Greeks weak.
400
The most difficult area for Alexander to conquer was Egypt.
False
400
Hellenistic culture refers to the blending of Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Indian culture with this culture.
Greek
400
This was the blending of Greek culture with the cultures of the lands conquered by Alexander.
Hellenism.
500
These were the first two kings of the Persian Empire.
Cyrus and Darius I.
500
This Persian religion saw the world as a place of struggle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness.
Zoroastrianism
500
The thin hard soil of this ancient civilization forced them to form colonies in other lands.
Ancient Greece.
500
The Persian Wars were fought between Persia and ____.
Greece.
500
Greek philosopher tried on charges of corrupting the youth and forced to drink hemlock.
Socrates.