Fighting Words
What is a standing army?
Built a library at Nineveh.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
Name of the religion that became popular during the Persian empire.
What is Zoroastrianism?
The road system that greatly improved trade between cities.
What is the great Royal Road?
A carved stone or pillar is called a _________.
What is a stele?
soldiers on horseback
What is cavalry?
Who is Darius?
Zoroastrianism was different from all previous religions because it believed in __________ instead of many.
What is "one god"?
Payment made by a small town to a central government.
What is a tribute?
To show ownership of something or secure a letter, Persians used a __________.
What is a "seal"?
This material was superior to bronze for making durable weapons.
What is iron?
Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife because she missed her hometown.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Zoroastrianism believes that all the world is a struggle between _______ and _________.
What is good and evil?
What is 1500 miles?
What city is approximately 1500 miles from Nashville? (We did this when trying to figure out how long the Royal Road was.)
What is Phoenix?
What is a siege tower?
Allowed the Jewish captives to leave Babylon and return to their homeland of Jerusalem.
Who is Cyrus?
The sacred text of Zoroastrianism is called _____________.
What is the Avesta?
This was used instead of bartering and it greatly increased the amount of trade between cities.
What is currency?
The fancy gate to the city that Nebuchadnezzar built in 635 BC.
What is the Ishtar gate?
The name given to the elite members of the Persian army.
What is the "Immortals"?
Tried to invade Kush and failed because his troops starved in the desert.
Who is Cambyses?
Name one monotheistic religion that was influenced by Zoroastrianism?
What is Judaism, Christianity, or Islam?
A sculpture that sticks out from the surface and looks 3-D is called a __________ sculpture.
What is a relief?
What is "there was always another soldier waiting to fill in an empty spot so it looked like no one died?"