ap world history: vocabulary #3 Flashcards
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| 5331632222 | darius I | -third ruler of the persian empire -was the greatest of the Achaedmenid emperors -largest extent of empire with a population of thirty-five million | 0 | |
| 5331636103 | xerxes | -fourth ruler of the persian empire -ended the policy of toleration -dealt with rebellions in Egypt and Mesopotamia | 1 | |
| 5331641042 | cyrus the great | -king of persia, united the persian empire -founder of the persian empire -persian leader who overthrew the medic king and took power | 2 | |
| 5331644087 | zoroastrianism | religion that emerged in the persian empires and promoted morality and the struggle of good versus evil | 3 | |
| 5331644088 | sasanids | -the persian dynasty that overthrew and succeeded the parthians -ruling dynasty of persia that fell to the Islamic empire | 4 | |
| 5331648815 | qanats | underground canals used to irrigate farmlands | 5 | |
| 5331652610 | royal roads | -ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the persian king darius -connected Anatolia to Persepolis | 6 | |
| 5331657131 | parthians | those who belonged to the third dynasty of the persian empire | 7 | |
| 5331659549 | seleucids | -second empire -one of Alexander's generals, and he won in the conflicts that succeeded Alexander's death | 8 | |
| 5331662338 | persian war | conflicts between greek and the persian empire | 9 | |
| 5331665101 | achaemenid empire | -first ruling dynasty of Persia -capitalization of weakening Assyrian and Babylonian empires | 10 |