Ancient Persia Flashcards
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| 235016119 | The first Persian Empir was found by ________ | Cyrus the Great. he took the persians modern day Iran and conquered Mesopotamia | 0 | |
| 235016120 | Zoroastrianism | a monotheistic religion that may have inspired Judaism, official religion of the Persian Empire. | 1 | |
| 235016121 | Cyrus the great accomplishments: | religious freedom and abolished slavery | 2 | |
| 235016122 | Darius the Greats accomplishments: | established the largest empire the world has ever seen. was the first to attack Greece, leading the Persians at the Battle of Macedonia | 3 | |
| 235016123 | Xerxes! (son of Darius) accomplishments: | attacked Greece from the north through Thermopolye and into Athens. Destroyed Athens, then retreated back to Asia | 4 | |
| 235016124 | The fall of the persian empire: | the Persian Empire was attacked by Alexander the Great | 5 | |
| 235016125 | Alexander the Great: | educated by Aristotle, conquered the persian empire. His men turned against him, established trade routs, spread Greek culture, brought an end to Persian Empire, built new cities, disrupted Indian poltics | 6 |