AP World History Chapter 7 Vocab. Flashcards

265655779	Achaemenid Empire	First great Persian empire (558-330 B.C.E.), which began under Cyrus and reached its peak under Darius.	0
265655780	Ahura Mazda	Main god of Zoroastrianism who represented truth and goodness and was perceived to be in an eternal struggle with the malign spirit Angra Mainyu	1
265655781	Cambyses	A strong leader with military strategies who was called a madman and was non-tolerant to the civilizations he conquered. He conquered Egypt.	2
265655782	Darius	Last leader of the Achaemenid empire. He was a wise and non-tolerant leader who made governments to run the cities in the empire and was more important as an administrator.	3
265683438	Indo Europeans	Series of tribes from Southern Russia who, over a period of millenia, embarked on a series of migrations from India through western Europe.	4
265683439	Cyrus	First leader of the Achaemenid empire. He was a powerful leader and tolerant leader whose conquest of cities led to the first Persian empire.	5
265683440	Macedon	A frontier state north of the Greek peninsula.	6
265683441	Magi	Those who preserved the teachings of Zarathustra in writing.	7
265683442	Medes	Indo-European branch that settled in northern Persia and eventually fell to another branch, the Persians, in the sixth century.	8
265683443	Parthians	Parthian Persian dynasty that reached its peak under Mithradates and began right after the Seleucus dynasty fell.	9
265683444	Perseopolis	New capital of the Persian empire established under the reign of Darius in 520 B.C.E.	10
265683445	Qanat	Persian underground canal.	11
265683446	Sasanids	Later powerful Persian dynasty (224-651 B.C.E.) that would reach its peak under Shapur 1 and later fall to Arabic expansion.	12
265683447	Satraps	Persian administrators, usually members of the royal family, who governed a satrapy.	13
265683448	Seleucids	Persian empire (323-83 B.C.E.) founded by Seleucus after the death of Alexander the Great.	14
265683449	The Persian Empire	An empire of the Persians made and led by Cyrus and reached its peak under Darius once it was attacked by Alexander of Macedon.	15
265683450	Zarathustra	Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism.	16
265683451	Zoroastrianism	Persian religion based on the teaching of the sixth century-B.C.E. prophet Zarathustra; its emphasis on the duality of good and evil and on the role of individuals in determining their own fate would influence later religions.	17