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zoroastrianism

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the first monotheistic religion in this region

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zoroaster

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he was the founder of the zoroastrian religion

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what was the avesta

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a book written by zoroaster

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who was herodotus

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he was the father of history. he was a greek historian who wrote about the persians.

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did herodotus like the persians

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no, he did not like the persians. he portrayed the persians in a bad light. however, he was the only way we knew anything about the persians for a long time

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who founded the acaemenid dynasty

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cyrus the great

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who was the king of southern persia

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cyrus the great was the king of southern peresia

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why does cyrus the great name the empire the achaemenid empire

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becausae it refers to his family name

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what was the cyrus cylinder

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tomyris of the massagetae

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who was darius I

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he was a distant cousin of cyrus the great, but he still became emperor

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who constructed the royal road

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darius I

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how long was the royal road and what was it connecting

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it was a road from susa to sardis that was 1700 miles long.

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what was a well organized message system created by dairus I

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the royal road

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why did darius I create a canal

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he was concerned about controlling their ships. he built the canal that connected the red sea to the nile

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what does shahanshah mean

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the king of kings

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who called himself shahanshah

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Darius I

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who was xerxes I

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were the greeks a united country

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no they were not

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who won the greek-persian wars

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the greeks

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why did the persians lose the greek-persian wars

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they got too ambitious and they were not as good in the water as the greeks were.

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where did the minoans live

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they lived in crete

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what were the minoans writing called

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their writing gis called linear A

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who were the mycenaens

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they conquered crete

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what was the wrtiing of the mycenaeans

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their writing was called linear B

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where did the trojan war take place

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it took place in mycenean

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what was the bronze age collapse

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it was the collapes of a lot of major empires

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what empires were apart of the bronze age collapse

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the new kingdom egypt, the hittiies, and the myceneans

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who was to blame for the bronze age collapse

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the sea peoples

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what was the greek dark ages

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the time between the mycenaean empire and classical greece

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who were the purple people

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the phoenicians

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how did the phonecians get purple dye

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they got it from a sea snail

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what does the color purple symbolize

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it symbolizes royalty

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who invented the most infuential peace of writing: the alphabet

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the phonecians

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why did the phonecians create the alphabet

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to keep records while they were conducting trade

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did the phonecian alphabet have any vowels

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no, it was a consosant only alphabet

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why was the alphabet better than any other writing system

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it was better than any other writing system because you only needed to memorize 22 symbols instead of a symbol for every word

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what was the greek pantheon

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it was a collection of gods and goddesses

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describe the city states in anceint greece

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they all had their own independent government, they worshiped different gods in each city state

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what did the city-states compete over

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they competed over resources

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why did the greek city-states compete over resources

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they competed over resources because they were all on islands

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describe the city-state athens

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it was where the parthenon was, it was dedicated to athena

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what government did athens have

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they had a democracy

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what is a democracy

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a democracy was governed by the people

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where was the birhplace of democracy

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athens

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who could not vote in athens

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women and slaves

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how many people could vote in athens

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only 10 percent of people could vote in ahtens

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explain the city-state of sparta

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it was geared towards it military, every boy and girl were to be trained to be physically fit

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explain the greco-persian wars

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persia invades greece and the greek city states had to unite to defend themselves

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what was a phalanx

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the soldiers would stand in a line with shields in a tight formation

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how long did the greco-persian wars last

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they lasted 50 years. it was sporadic fighting

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