Beliefs
to change religion
convert
a non-Jewish person
gentile
Athletes from across Greece participated in these games, during which war was not allowed.
People today and long ago said Xerxes, the Emperor of Persia who attacked Greece, was a _______.
tyrant
an army of ships
navy
to say sorry and fix your mistakes
repent
Greece has many mountains and _______s, so they developed many different city-states, and relied on fishing and trading.
islands
This is the name of the holiest city in Judaism.
Jerusalem
This thing created by the Persian Empire connected big cities across Asia, which increased trade and cultural sharing.
The Royal Road
Persian and Spartan women had the right to _______ (end their marriage).
divorce
Judaism and Zoroastrianism are both what kind of religion? (think... how many gods...?)
monotheistic
This word means doing something evil, or going against God, in Jewish religion.
sin
Cyrus
What is the name of the governors chosen by the Persian Empire, who had to keep local people happy and could accept local laws?
Satraps
giving to the poor
charity
To stop hating someone who did something wrong.
forgive
Jews did not buy and sell slaves, but still had slavery. If you could not pay off your _____, you'd become a slave for 7 years.
debt
This is the name of the prophet who started Judaism.
Abraham
This government system means people vote on laws and have rights and freedoms that are protected by laws.
Democracy
a group of people connected by shared culture and marriages
ethnicity
The Persian Empire was religiously _________, meaning it allowed all religions.
tolerant (religious tolerance)
The Greek historian Herodotus tried his best to write his histories without any ____, by interviewing both Greeks and Persians.
bias
After the Battle of ________, a man named Pheidippides ran to Athens to tell the other Greeks of their victory, which helped the Greeks defeat the Persians the first time.
Marathon
This means a government controlled by a small group of people, such as a council of elders.
Oligarchy
people are forced to leave their homeland and move to other places
diaspora