The Earth and Its People Chapter 5-6 Notes
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CHAPTER 4 NOTES The Rise of the Persian Empire Mineral resources: Copper, Tin, Iron , Gold and Silver The first to achieve a complex level of political organization was the Medes The Medes played a major role in the destruction of the Assyrian Empire The Persians rulers were called Achaemenids because they traced their lineage back to an ancestor named Achaemenes? The male head of the household had nearly absolute authority over family members.? Society was divided into three classes: warriors, priests, and peasants. The priests were called Magi. The King had a garden that symbolized what would away those who followed him.