AP World History #13 Flashcards
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| 7492591220 | What two peoples migrated from central Asia to Persia? | Medes and Persians | 0 | |
| 7492596550 | What is Persia? | the southwest portion of the modern-day state of Iran | 1 | |
| 7492639676 | What languages did the Medes and Persians speak? | Indo-European languages | 2 | |
| 7492661229 | What were most Achaemenid societies? | pastoral | 3 | |
| 7492671146 | How did the Achaemenid organize themselves? | clans | 4 | |
| 7492695062 | What type of weapon were the Achaemenid especially good at? | archery | 5 | |
| 7492698642 | What was the Cyrus the Achaemenid also called? | Cyrus the Shepherd | 6 | |
| 7496868428 | What was the Persian empire also called? | the Achaemenid Empire | 7 | |
| 7496875080 | What city did Cyrus rule from? | Pasargadae | 8 | |
| 7496896051 | Who was Cyrus' son? | Cambyses | 9 | |
| 7496920395 | Who was the greatest of the Achaemenid emperors? | Darius | 10 | |
| 7496923957 | When did Darius reign? | 521-486 BCE | 11 | |
| 7496937356 | How big was the empire Darius created? | 3000 Kilometers | 12 | |
| 7496945609 | What was Darius' capital? | Persepolis | 13 | |
| 7496983267 | What were the Achaemenids' governors called? | satraps | 14 | |
| 7496990688 | What were satrapies? | administrative and taxation districts governed by satraps | 15 | |
| 7497000854 | How many satrapies did Darius divide the empire into? | 23 | 16 | |
| 7497012256 | How did Darius prevent the possibility of satrapies separating from the empire? | each satrapy had military forces and tax collectors who served as checks on the power of the satrap and rulers created imperial spies that conducted surprise audits | 17 | |
| 7497070790 | What were imperial spies also known as? | the eyes and ears of the king | 18 | |
| 7497089479 | What did Darius replace irregular tributes with? | tax levies | 19 | |
| 7497280374 | What were the Persian roads called? | Persian Royal Road | 20 | |
| 7497292941 | What did the Persian government organize a system of? | a courier service | 21 | |
| 7497303696 | What was qanat? | underground canals | 22 | |
| 7497310024 | What type of metallurgy was prominent in Persia? | iron | 23 | |
| 7497319719 | Who did the Persians fight in The Persian Wars? | the Greek | 24 | |
| 7497334263 | When did the Persian force begin to decline during the Persian War? | the Battle of Marathon | 25 | |
| 7497350921 | Who caused the end of the Persian war? | Alexander of Macedon | 26 | |
| 7497358928 | What was Alexander of Macedon also called? | Alexander the Great | 27 | |
| 7497381537 | What was the last battle of the Persian War? | the battle of Gaugamela | 28 | |
| 7497397252 | Who took over Persia after Alexander died? | Seleucus | 29 | |
| 7497422155 | What did the Suleucids do? | founded new cities and attracted Greek colonists to occupy them | 30 | |
| 7497442737 | Where did the Parthians rule? | Iran and extended to Mesopotamia | 31 | |
| 7497469854 | Who was the Parthians greatest conquerer? | Mithradates I | 32 | |
| 7497491960 | Where did the Parthians establish a capital at? | Ctesiphon | 33 | |
| 7497513798 | What crops did the Sasanids introduce to Iran? | rice, sugarcane, citrus fruits, eggplant, and cotton | 34 |