The Seleucid, Parthian, and Sasanid Empires Flashcards

Traditions and Encounters Volume I Chapter 7. The Persian Empire: Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanid empires.

92664149	When ________ died, chief generals fought among themselves and struggled to take over his conquered realms, including the ________ Empire.	Alexander of Macedon/Alexander the Great / Persian
92664150	_________ dominated the territories of the former ___________ empire. He was commander of an elite guard corps in Alexander's army. He ruled from _________ to ________.	Seleucus / Achaemenid / 305 BCE to 281 BCE
92664151	__________ often revolted against the Seleucid rule and the Seleucids lost their holdings in ________ Iran. Eventualy, seminomadic __________ took over Iran during the 3rd century BCE.	Satraps / Northern / Parthians
92664152	In _______ BCE, the _________ conquerors put an end to the Seleucid Empire.	83 BCE / Romans
92664153	The Parthians had occupied the region of ________ Iran since Achaemenid times and retained many of the customs and traditions of ________ peoples from the steppes of central Asia.	eastern / nomadic
92664154	The Parthians had a __________ government and organized themselves politically through a federation of leaders.	decentralized
92664155	The Parthians discovered that when they fed their ______ on ________, they grew stronger than if they grazed on the steppes. ________ was not available to them.	horses / alfalfa / Feed grain
92664156	These stronger animals could support heavily armed __________ outfitted with _________ armor.	warriors / metal
92664157	Who was the Parthians' greatest conqueror?	Mithradates I who came to the throne about 171 BCE.
92664158	The Parthians governed through ________ and took the ideas from the Achaemenids of administration and _________.	satraps / taxation
92664159	The Parthians presided over a powerful empire between _________ and the ________ for about _______ centuries.	India and the Mediterranean / 3
92664160	__________ pressure weakened the Parthian empire but did not stood danger of collapsing. Early in the ________ century BCE, __________ brought the empire down.	Roman / 3rd / internal rebellion
92664161	Imperial rule continued after the Parthian Empire with the __________ Empire, whose leaders claimed to be _________ of the Achaemenids.	Sasanid / descendents
92664162	The Sasanids toppled the Parthians in _________, and ruled until ________.	224 BCE to 651 CE
92664163	The Sasanid _________ capital was located in _________. They provided strong rule from Parthia to _________.	cosmopolitan / Ctesiphon / Mesopotamia
92664164	Sasanid merchants traded with peoples both _______ and _______. What crops did they introduce in Iran that came from India and China?	east and west / rice, sugar cane, citrus fruits, eggplant, and cotton.
92664165	_________ reigned from _______ to 272 CE over the Sasanids. He stabilized their western frontier and created a series of ________ states between themselves and the ________ empire.	Shapur I / 239 CE to 272 CE / buffer / Roman
92664166	Continual conflicts between the Sasanids and the ________, _________ , and __________ empires weakened the Sasanid empire and it came to an end in _________. The ________ empire killed the last the Sasanid ruler and overran his realm; incorporating it into their rapidly expanding empire.	Kushan, Roman, and Byzantine empires / 651 CE. / Islamic