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| 5846644182 | Alexander the Great | He and his father defeated and united the weakened Greek city-states, and between 334 and 330 BC he defeated the Persian Empire and reached the Indus River. He founded many Greek-style cities and spread Greek culture and influence throughout Western Asia. |  | 0 |
| 5846644183 | Cyrus | Founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Between 550 and 530 B.C.E. he conquered Media, Lydia, and Babylon. Revered in the traditions of both Iran and the subject peoples. Was known for his allowance of existing governments to continue governing under his name. |  | 1 |
| 7783820153 | Achaemenid Empire | The name of an ancient Persian Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which was composed of many smaller kingdoms. The realm was divided into twenty-three satrapies for administration |  | 2 |
| 7783836689 | Darius | The third king (r. 521-486 B.C.E.) of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak. Heorganized the empire by dividing it into provinces and placing Persian satraps to govern it. He organized a new uniform money system, along with making Aramaic the official language of the empire. He also worked on construction projects throughout the empire. |  | 3 |
| 7783861772 | Macedonia | Area between the Greek and Slavic regions; conquered Greece and Mesopotamia under the leadership of Philip II and Alexander the Great |  | 4 |
| 7783875501 | Parthians | Iranian ruling dynasty between ca. 250 B.C.E. and 226 C.E. |  | 5 |
| 7783889862 | Persepolis | A complex of palaces, reception halls, and treasury buildings erected by the Persian kings Darius I and Xerxes in the Persian homeland |  | 6 |
| 7783913092 | Persian Empire | Greatest empire in the world up to 500 BCE. Spoke an Indo-European language. A multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire, it was a Mesopotamian empire that conquered the existing Median, Lydian, and Babylonian empires, as well as Egypt and many others. Also known as the Achaemenid Empire.. Fell to Alexander the Great. |  | 7 |
| 7783929435 | Persian Wars | Two failed attempts by the Persian Empire in the 400s BCE to conquer the Greeks |  | 8 |
| 7783941442 | Philip II | An ancient King of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336. He united Greece and was the father of Alexander the Great. |  | 9 |
| 7783995155 | qanat | A water management system that originated in Perisa thousands of years ago. It provided water to people even in hilly, desert, hot, and arid areas (like Iran). |  | 10 |
| 7784001909 | Zoroastrianism | A religion originating in ancient Iran. It centered on a single benevolent deity- Ahuramazda, Emphasizing truth-telling, purity, and reverence for nature, the religion demanded that humans choose sides between good and evil |  | 11 |
| 7784047774 | Battle of Marathon | The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens and a Persian force. The battle was the culmination of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate Greece. The Greek army decisively defeated the more numerous Persians, marking a turning point in the Greco-Persian Wars. This first Persian invasion was a response to Athenian involvement in the Ionian Revolt, when Athens and Eretria had sent a force to support the cities of Ionia in their attempt to overthrow Persian rule |  | 12 |
