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This sea bordered the Phoenician homeland.

Mediterranean Sea

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The Phoenicians were famous for trading this purple dye

Tyrian Purple

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The Phoenicians developed this influential writing system

Alphabet

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This was a major port city

Tyre

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Cyrus the Great conquered this empire and freed the jews

Babylon

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The Persian Empire stretched from the Indus Valley to this Peninsula

Balkan

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Persian was rich in this metal used for coinage

Gold

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This religion was practiced in Persia

Zoroastrianism
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This city served as a Persian capital and housed Darius's palace

Persepolis

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Thisbattle in 490 BCE saw the Athenians defeat the Persians

Battle of Marathon

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The famous road connected Susa to Sardis

Royal Road

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The Phoenicians used this celestial body for navigation

Polaris (North Star)
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The colony was founded by the Phoenicians in North Africa in 814 BCE

Carthage

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This naval battle in 480 BCE was the turning point in the Persian Wars

Battle of Salamis
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The Phoenicians expanded trade by establishing these along the coast

Colonies

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Darius standardized this to improve trade and taxation

Coinage

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The Persians built these underground canals for irrigation

Qanats

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This Phoenician city was known for its glass production

Sidon

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This Persian King invaded mainland Greece in 480 BCE

Xerxes

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Xerxes crossed this straight using a pontoon bridge to invade Greece

Hellespont

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The Phoenician traded this type of wood

Cedar

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Darius divided the empire into these administrative units

Satrapies

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The Persian city was the starting point of the Royal Road

Susa

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This strategy helped Persian rulers maintain control over diverse peoples.

Tolerance and local autonomy