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AP world history : Persian and Chinese history Flashcards

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Persia arose from

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Arid land of Iran

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Ruling dynasties of Persia :

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Achaemenid
Seleucid
Sassanids

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Medes and the Persians

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Spoke indo European languages
Leaders collected taxes and delivered tribute to their Mesopotamian overlords
Expert archers

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Cyrus

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Launched Persian imperial venture

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Darius

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Extended Cyrus’ empire both east and west

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Achaemenid rulers presided over :

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more than 70 distinct ethnic groups

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Persepolis

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Darius’s centralized administration
Monument to Achaemenid dynasty
Nerve center of Persia

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Darius divided his realm into

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23 satrapies

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