Persia

Question 1

three major trade routes at this time

Answer 1

Silk Roads
Indian Ocean Trade
Trans-Saharan Trade

Question 2

4 major empires of Persia

Answer 2

Achaemenids
Seleucids
Parthians
Sasanids

Question 3

achaemenids major leaders

Answer 3

Cyrus the Great
ambyses II
Darius the Great
Xerxes

Question 4

Cyrus the great

Answer 4

-ruled with tolerance
-allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem
- created cyrus’s cylinder, a human rights declaration

Question 5

Cambyses II- r.

Answer 5

-Son of Cyrus
-Conquered Egypt
-Not tolerant
-Ruled for 8 years, –rebellions broke out -because of his harsh rule

Question 6

Darius the Great

Answer 6

• brought empire to its peak
  -Allowed provinces to practice their own religion, speak their own language
• strong tax system
• kings eyes and ears system
  -created royal road
  -standardized money

Question 7

The Satrapies

Answer 7

-emperor ruled in a capital city
-Each satrap was expected to enforce the emperor’s laws
-the eyes and the ears of the king” to watch over the satrapies
-Collecting tribute/taxes
Providing soldiers
Keeping order and justice

Question 8

royal road

Answer 8

-trade system that connected persia
-rest stop every 18 miles
-mail carriers

Question 9

Xerxes

Answer 9

-Crushed rebellions in Egypt and Mesopotamia
-Not as tolerant
-Continued the Persian Wars
-Sacked and burned Athens

Question 10

Zoroastrianism

Answer 10

-Founder was Zarathustra
-Ahura Mazda one god
-humans have free will to choose between good and evil
-Ahura Mazda hura Mazda’s equal opposite
-holy book called Gathas or Avesta

Question 11

Seleucid Empire-

Answer 11

• leader was Alexander the great
  -Used Persian administration and tax systems
  -weakened by the romans

Question 12

Parthian Empire

Answer 12

-Founded by a former satrap
-bordered India and mesopotamia
-Used traditional Persian rule

Question 13

Sasanid Empire

Answer 13

-claimed to be direct descendents of Achaemenids
-fromed empire from mesopotamia to Iran