Classical Civilizations- Persia Flashcards
Prep for a test on the Classical civilizations, focusing on Persia and its GRIPES. Using Traditions and Encounters, Third Edition.
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| 12045317 | qanat | underground canals to bring water to the crops in the arid desert | 0 | |
| 12045318 | dynasties | Achaemenids (558 - 330 BCE; Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes), Seleucids (323 - 83 BCE; Seleucus), Parthians (247 BCE - 224 CE), Sasanids (224 - 641 CE) | 1 | |
| 12045319 | Seleucus | Alexander the Great's general who inherited the Persian empire | 2 | |
| 12045320 | Iran | means "land of the Aryans" | 3 | |
| 12045321 | Persian empire | modern-day Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan | 4 | |
| 12048882 | satrapies | "provinces" in Parsi | 5 | |
| 12048883 | major cities | this includes Persepolis, Ephesus, Sardis, and Ctesiphon | 6 | |
| 12048884 | unification | this was attempted by building roads, setting up communication systems (postal systems), and issuing standard coinage | 7 | |
| 12048885 | bureaucracy | type of government that Persian emperors used | 8 | |
| 12048886 | spying | way that the emperor kept every satrap in line | 9 | |
| 12048887 | major crops | barley, wheat, peas, lentils, mustard, garlic, onions, cucumbers, and dates | 10 | |
| 12048888 | India | traded here for gold, ivory, incense | 11 | |
| 12048889 | Iran and Central Asia | traded here for lapis, turquoise, semi-precious stones | 12 | |
| 12048890 | Anatolia | traded here for gold, silver, iron, copper, tin | 13 | |
| 12048891 | Phoenicia | traded here for glass, timber, dyed fabrics | 14 | |
| 12048892 | Arabia | traded here for spices and aromatics | 15 | |
| 12048893 | Egypt | traded here for grain, linen, papyrus, gold, ivory | 16 | |
| 12048894 | Greece | traded here for oil, wine, ceramics | 17 | |
| 12048895 | Zoroastrianism | the religion based on the teachings of Zarathustra (aka Zoroastra). The supreme diety is Ahura Mazda (god of goodness), while the hostile, destructile spirit is Angra Mainyu | 18 | |
| 12048896 | Avesta | the holy book of the Zoroastrianists. Teaches "good words, good thoughts, good deeds" | 19 | |
| 12048897 | Manichaeism | religion based on the teachings of Mani to synthesize all the religions of the world. | 20 |