Rulers
The founder of the Achaemenid Empire.
Who is Cyrus?
They defeated King Croesus of Lydia and conquered the capital city, and conquered the Babylonian Empire.
Who is Cyrus and the Persian army?
The language spoken in ancient Persia by the common people.
What is Aramaic?
True or False. Geography had great contributions to the development of the Persian civilization through:
-the mountains serving as natural barriers
-the plains along the coast supported the crops and livestock
-bodies of water provided fishing and trade routes
What is true?
The founder of Zoroastrianism.
Who is Zoroaster?
He expanded the empire, changed the capital to Susa, and found Cyrus' decree so that the Jews could rebuild the temple.
Who is Darius?
The names of the first rulers of Persia during the Achaemenid period.
Who are Cyrus, Cambyses and Darius?
The wealth of the Persian people and their love for beautiful things are reflected in this.
What is art?
Whose empire first included part of Greece and Egypt?
Darius
Zoroastrianism teaches the good spirit, Ahura Mazda and the evil spirit, Angra Mainyu - are __________ spirits.
What is "Uncreated" spirits?
He invaded and destroyed the Persian empire.
Who is Alexander the Great?
He was able to manage his expanded empire by building roads to connect the empire and maintain a strong, well trained army.
Who is Darius?
This ceremonial capital was an architectural marvel featuring a hall with over 100 columns.
Persepolis
A plain that was the location of the first battle of the Persian War.
What is Marathon?
A person crosses a bridge and ascends to heaven when they do this.
What is does good deeds?
King of the Athenians during the naval Battle of Salamis.
He was known as the Father of History.
Who is Herodotus?
One factor of the Persian empire decline was due to high ______.
What is high taxes?
The strait that the Persian army crossed from Asia Minor to Greece.
What is the Hellespont?
Christianity teaches you can earn righteousness through ______.
What accepting Jesus as your savior or being saved?
They defeated the Parthians and began to rule Persia.
Who are the Sassanians?
King who continued Persa's war against Greece
Xerxes
Two reasons why trade grew in Persia.
What are Persian roads allowed for international trade and the demand for goods grew as people saw a variety of products carried on the roads?
What is Thermopylae?
Christianity teaches that God is the only ______ being.
What is God as the only eternal being?
The family that ruled Syria and Persia after Alexander's family.
who is the Seleucids?
Leader of the Spartan 300 at Thermopylae
Who was Leonidas?
Persian culture changed during the _______ and the Sassanid periods.
What is the Parthian?
The _____ invaded the last Sassanian king.
Who are the Arabians?