ap world history Flashcards
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| 4798483809 | Iran | this is modern day persian land | 0 | |
| 4798484219 | cyrus | cyrus was the Founder of the dynasty and called "cyrus the shepherd" | 1 | |
| 4798484220 | darius | was a king that ruled from the indus to the aegean | 2 | |
| 4798486001 | parthians | is one of the 4 major dynasties that were from 247 b.c.e.-224 c.e. it had strong calvary and federated governmental structure and weakened with endless roman wars. | 3 | |
| 4798486002 | bactria | a area of the persian empire | 4 | |
| 4798486308 | empire | an extensive group of states or area ruled by a supreme leader. | 5 | |
| 4798486309 | indus river | a famous river in the persian empire | 6 | |
| 4798487317 | persepolis | the capital of the persian empire | 7 | |
| 4798487318 | tribute | payment made periodically by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence. | 8 | |
| 4798487772 | standarized coins | coins made after it was introduced by cyrus the great. | 9 | |
| 4798487773 | qanat | is a system of underground canals and avoided excessive loss to evaporation. | 10 | |
| 4798488416 | alexander of macedonia | a greek ruler that conquered the achaemenid empire and famous for all the land he conquered | 11 | |
| 4798489202 | free and unfree labor | free classes which contained bulk of persian society received income that temples made from agriculture processes; slaves worked as domestic servants or skilled laborers in households of wealthy and on constrution projects | 12 | |
| 4798489203 | magi | these were the priest of zarathustra | 13 | |
| 4798489781 | achaemenids | a member of the achaemenid empire | 14 | |
| 4798489782 | seleucids | alexander the great dies during this empire and the generals divide the empire and the best part goes to seleucus | 15 | |
| 4798490264 | anatolia | a region of the persian empire | 16 | |
| 4798490490 | afghanistan | a modern day area that was part of the perisan empire | 17 | |
| 4798490491 | macedonia | where alexander the great ruled and a part of the greek empire | 18 | |
| 4798490857 | satrapies | a province governed by a satrap | 19 | |
| 4798490858 | royal road | wasa part of a extensive road building project that | 20 | |
| 4798491581 | "eyes and ears of the king" | spies sent by the king | 21 | |
| 4798491952 | xerxes | a king who harshly represses rebellions in mesopotamia and egypt | 22 | |
| 4798492923 | bureaucrats | these included tax collectors,record keepers and translators | 23 | |
| 4798493396 | zoroastrianism | this is an early aryan influence on persian religious traditons | 24 |