Greece and Iran 1000 – 30 B.C.E.
ⅠAncient Iran 1000 - 500 B.C.E
• Also known as the Persian Empire.
• Little written materials are left.
A. Geography and Resources
• Northwest Iran was more open to attacks by the nomads of Central Asia.
• Irrigation in the first millennium B.C.E. enabled people to move to open plains so they could plant.
• Under ground irrigation channels.