The achievements and legacy of Cyrus to Darius Flashcards by Jacquilin Ismay | Brainscape

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Who was Cyrus the Great

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Cyrus was the first Achaemenid Emperor
-Founded Persia

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Who were the two original Iranian tribes that were merged to form Persia

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the Medes and the Persians

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what is Cyrus the great best remembered for

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-unprecedented tolerance and magnanimous attitude to those he defeated

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What places did Cyrus conquer in the east

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-Asia minor
-Drangiana
-Arachosia
-Margiana
-Bactria

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What place did Cyrus conquer in the west

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Babylon

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After Babylon was conquered what did the Jewish Community do?

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They welcomed him as a liberator, because he allowed the Jews to return to the promised land

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Cyrus the Great declared the first ___________ known to mankind

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Charter of Human Rights

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Cyrus the Great declared the first ___________ known to mankind

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Charter of Human Rights

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Cyrus the Great declared the first ___________ known to mankind

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Charter of Human Rights

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Cyrus the Great declared the first ___________ known to mankind

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Charter of Human Rights

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Cyrus the Great declared the first ___________ known to mankind

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Charter of Human Rights

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Cyrus the Great declared the first ___________ known to mankind

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Charter of Human Rights

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Charter of human rights 3 main premises

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-racial, linguistic, and religious equality
-slaves and all deported peoples were to be allowed to return home
-all destroyed temples were to be restored

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Prior to his death, Cyrus did what?

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-founded a new capital city at Pasargade in Fars and established a government for his empire
-reputed to have started the first postal system
-appointed a governor (satrap) to represent him in each province

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Prior to his death, Cyrus did what?

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-founded a new capital city at Pasargade in Fars and established a government for his empire
-reputed to have started the first postal system
-appointed a governor (satrap) to represent him in each province

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Prior to his death, Cyrus did what?

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-founded a new capital city at Pasargade in Fars and established a government for his empire
-reputed to have started the first postal system
-appointed a governor (satrap) to represent him in each province

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Who was Cambyses

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-the oldest son of Cyrus the Great
-first king of the Achaemenid empire

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what was the most important event of Cambyses reign

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The conquest of Egypt

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Cambyses’ Egyptian campaign

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-bribed Egyptian naval commander to abandon his Pharaoh in return for senior position in a Persian run Egyptian administration
-turned the Samians, an ally off Egypt to his side
-won a great victory and treated the phaorah well upon defeat

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Cambyses’ Controversies

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-mutilated the corpse of the ex pharaoh Amasis
-Had the Apis Bull slaughtered and when a replacement was found, slaughtered all Egyptians who celebrated the new Apis bull

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Who was Darius I / Darius the great

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-Darius was appointed king by the grace of his fellow revolutionaries
-son of Hystaspes

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What was one of the first acts of Darius? What did he make known?

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that he had overcome all of his enemies and was the master of the entire world
-a relief and inscription wwere cut into the rock of Behistun

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How many satrapies did Darius set up across his empire

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According to Herodotus, 20

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In 518BC when Darius visited egypt for the second time what did he do?

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-gave orders for a new Apis null to be found
-Dedicated a temple to the God Amun
-allowed Jews to rebuild their temple in Jerusalem against the wishes of the syrian satrap

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what is a satrap

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a local ruler

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Religious policies of darius

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-Darius was the ruler of a multicultural empire and he was willing to accept the gods of other ethnic groups

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What did Darius build

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-two large palace cities at Persepolis and Susa
-expanded road infrastructure
-built a canal joining the Arabian peninsula to the Mediterranean sea

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What did Darius build

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-two large palace cities at Persepolis and Susa
-expanded road infrastructure
-built a canal joining the Arabian peninsula to the Mediterranean sea

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the legacy of darius the great

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Darius led military campaigns in Europe, Greece, and even in the Indus valley, conquering lands and expanding his empire. Not only resuming to military prowess, Darius also improved the legal and economic system and conducted impressive construction projects across the Persian Empire

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when did cyrus reign

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550-529bC

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when did cambyses reign

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530-522 BC

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When did Darius the Great reign

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522-486BC