Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
How long Did Cyrus the great rule Persia?
Ruled 559- 529 B.C.E
Who took over after Cyrus the great?
His son Cambyses took over
The empire ruled by Cambyses was known as?
The Achaemenid empire(sometimes called the first Persian empire).
What civilizations did the Achaemenid empire unite?
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India
How many ethnic groups did the Achaemenid empire include?
More than 70
Why did Persia divide its self into provinces?
So that the kings policies announced in the capital Persepolis, so it could be administered through outside the empire
What is a Satrap
A ruler of a province who was responsible to the emperor, not to local leader
What are inspectors
They would travel to each province and report to the king on the behavior of the satraps
What did inspectors and satraps make
It made a Administrative Bureaucracy
What did Darius do to pay for the Bureaucracy
He instituted regular tax payments
Where was Persepolis located
Iran
What was the royal road
Was the most famous network of roads that encouraged trade
What did Darius add to the Royal road
He added an efficient courier service with postal stations along this road
What was caravanserai
Was a combination inns and markets for people traveling the royal road by camel caravan
What did common currency do
Made trade simpler and untied the empire and promoting prosperity
What did Xerxes build
He built a gate of all nations to show he was honoring all of his subjects
What did Persia allow
Persia allowed for cultural diversity and was unlike other empires during this time
What did Zarathustra teach
There was one god and his name was Ahura Mazda, taught the concepts of heaven and hell
What were priests called
Magi’s( they passed Zarathustra’s teachings
What was a qanat used for
To reduce the evaporation of the water as it traveled to the fields
Turkey exports
Ivory and gold
Exports from Phoenicia
Cedar and woolen fabrics