AP World History - Chapter 7 - The Empires of Persia Flashcards
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| 2924725758 | Achaemenid Empire | A Persian empire based on growth, military, and governing | 0 | |
| 2924725759 | Medes and Persians | Migrated from Asia; Military; Horses; Pastorialists | 1 | |
| 2924725760 | Cyrus | Military strategist; King of Persian tribes; Conquered Iran, Lydia, Bactria, Babylonia | 2 | |
| 2924725761 | Darius | Ruled from Indus River to Aegean Sea; Administrator | 3 | |
| 2924725762 | Persepolis | New capital; administrative center and monument; nerve center | 4 | |
| 2924725763 | Satrapies and Satraps | Administrative and tax districts; Mostly Persians; Each had a contingent of the military; Watched by imperial spies | 5 | |
| 2924725764 | System of Taxes, Coins, and Laws | Formal tax levies in silver; Standard coinage; uniform law codes | 6 | |
| 2924725765 | Travel and Communication | Well built roads; Courier service; postal stations; improved routes between Mesoamerica and Egypt | 7 | |
| 2924725766 | Why did the Achaemenid Empire Fall? | Xerxes; Persian Wars; Alexander the Great | 8 | |
| 2924725767 | Commonwealth | Underground Canals (Qanat); Iron metallurgy; cultural tolerance/multicultural; difficulties between rulers; Xerxes repressed subjects | 9 | |
| 2924725768 | Persian Wars | Greeks; Ionian cities rebelled; Battle of Marathon; prevented expansion | 10 | |
| 2924725769 | Alexander the Great (of Macedon) | Invaded Persia; initiated dissolution of Achamenid Empire; Destroyed Persepolis; Retained Achaemenid structure; influenced later state structure | 11 | |
| 2924725770 | Seleucid Empire | Ruled by Seleucus; Achaemenid Structure; New cities; Attacked Greeks; Stimulated trade; ended by Romans | 12 | |
| 2924725771 | Parthian Empire | Retained Nomadic ideals; organized through federation of leaders; skilled warriors; horses/cavalry; conquests; clan leaders; weakened by Romans; dissolved by internal rebellion | 13 | |
| 2924725772 | Sasanid Empire | Capital at Ctesiphon; Active trade; Series of buffer states; engineering; weakened by continued conflict; dissolved when ruler was killed | 14 | |
| 2924725773 | Social Developments | Bureaucrats; Free Class; Slaves | 15 | |
| 2924725774 | Imperial Bureaucrats | educated; ran daily affairs; lived comfortably; literate | 16 | |
| 2924725775 | Free Class | not 'privileged'; shared temple income; religious freedom; rations given to working women; land owning prasants or landless cultivators | 17 | |
| 2924725776 | Slaves | POWs; Debt owing peoples; sometimes took on responsibilities | 18 | |
| 2924725777 | Economic Foundations | Agriculture; Standard Coinage; Trade | 19 | |
| 2924725778 | Trade Partners | India; Iran/Central Asia; Anatolia; Arabia; Egypt; Greece | 20 | |
| 2924725779 | Agriculture | onions, peas, lentils, wheat, garlic, fruits | 21 | |
| 2924725780 | Zarathustra | Created Zoroastrianism; used hallucinogenics, Haoma; sacrifices; blood; Supreme Ahura Mazda | 22 | |
| 2924725781 | Gathas | written hymns composed for deities | 23 | |
| 2924725782 | Zoroastrianism | Multiple gods; praised with Gathas; Evil Angra Mainyu; Paradise and Hell; allowed pleasure in moderation in exchange for honesty; popular and influential | 24 |