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Who was the teacher that taught them about the religion?
Zoroastro
Who was Ahura Mazada?
The suprime god
What did Darius l did to manage their large territory?
They started to build roads and then he divided it into provinces called satrapies.
What is the name of the governor of a strapie?
In the Land and Sea battles the Greek city-states banded together to fight the Persians, which city-states were?
Spartans and Athenians.
What lands did King Cyrus the Great conquer?
Mesopotamia and parts of Greece.
What route was the most important for The Persian Empire?
The Royal Road
What did Darius I do?
Made the empire easier to control by dividing it into provinces called satrapies
What were the Persians good at in wars?
Fighting through land
Why did Sparta decide to attack Athens during the Peloponnesus war?
Because Athens began interfering with some Sparta's allies. And they pressure Sparta to attack.
What king invaded Greece?
Xerxes
Why do historians call the conflict the Peloponnesian War?
The conflict they call Peloponnesian because Sparta was located in Peloponnesus
What did Zoroaster teach?
That there was only one supreme god called Ahura Mazda, who was the leader of the forces of good.
What were the Greeks good at in war?
Fighting through the sea.
Who won the Peloponnesus war?
Sparta
What is the name of the religion that most Persians accepted?
Zoroastrianism.
Who lost the marathon war?
What did King Cyrus the Great do?
He built a vast Persian empire, including Mesopotamia, parts of Greece, Syria, Judah and Greek-city states in Anatolia.
What was the name of the league that the Athenians created in the Peloponnesian war?
Delian League
How many years did the Peloponnesus war last?
Aprox 25 years, each side with son victories.
Why the monarchy was a scared institution or roles?
Kings believed that they were put in charge by Ahura Mazda.
Why Athenians joined with other city-states?
To form a defensive league, or protect group, to defend its members against Persians.
What is a "strapie"?
The division of the provinces inside of Persia.
Why was the "War of Marathon" called that way?
Because Persians landed at Marathon to fight.
What was the name of the civilization that seized/stopped the Sparta Empire?
Thebes