AP WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 7 Flashcards
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| 7208175962 | The Persian Dynasties | Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, and Sasanids | 0 | |
| 7208175963 | Medes and Persian (people) | -people that migrated from Central Asia to modern-day India -spoke Indo-European languages -distant cousins of Aryans -mainly pastoralists with some agriculture -expert archers -RAIDED Mesopotamia | 1 | |
| 7208175964 | Cyrus the Achaemenid | -launched Persian's imperial venture -laid foundations of first Persian empire -became king of Persian tribes then initiated a rebellion against Median overlord -seized Babylonia | 2 | |
| 7208175965 | Cambyses | -Cyrus' son -conquered Egypt and brought its wealth to Persian after Cyrus died | 3 | |
| 7208175966 | Darius | -Persian ruler during Achaemenid Dynasty -extended empire east and west -captured Thrace, Macedonia, and west coast of the Black Sea -under his rule, Persia expanded rapidly and became the largest empire ever | 4 |