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Chapter 2 sect 4

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who were the Assyrians and where did they live? lived in upper Tigris River valley- semetic speaking- empire stretched to Iran, Asia Minor, Syria Israel--Army was well organized- used war chariots and iron weapons- used terror tatics to conquor people---burned captives alive ---conquored by Chaldeans
Who was Nebuchadbezzer and why is he important? Chaldean- conquored Assyrians rebuilt Bablylon as his capital
What is the name of Nebuchadbezzer's capital city? Babylon
who were the Persians and where did they rule? Indo Europeans- had been nomadic---Cyrus was a Persian
Who was Cyrus and what was his style of ruling the peoples he conquored? Persian who captured Babylon- was wise and just showed mercy and compassion on conquored peoples.
Why was Cyrus known as the "Great"? was wise and treated conquored people with justice- had reputation for mercy- good organizer- he respected other people's cultures
Name a few of Darius' accomplishments...what did Darius create to improve the government of his conquored lands? conquored parts of India, Thace in Europe- created world's largest empire at that time.- invaded Greek mainland
What is a satrap and what was its function? governor- collected taxes,provide justice, recruited for army
How many Satrapies were there? 20
How did the Royal Road improve communication within the Persian Empire? well maintained road that stretched over Empire with food shleter and horses stationed along the way.
Who had the power over LIFE and DEATH in the Persian Empire? King
What was the Pesian Empires power based on? The military
Monarchy rule by king or queen
Who conquored the Persians. Alexander the Great
What was the name of the Persian religion and what were its beliefs? Zorasterianism - monotheisitic struggle betweeen good and evil--good person eventually triumphs
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