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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  
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Who was Nebuchadbezzer and why is he important?   Chaldean- conquored Assyrians rebuilt Bablylon as his capital  
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What is the name of Nebuchadbezzer's capital city?   Babylon  
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who were the Persians and where did they rule?   Indo Europeans- had been nomadic---Cyrus was a Persian  
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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.  
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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  
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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  
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What is a satrap and what was its function?   governor- collected taxes,provide justice, recruited for army  
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How many Satrapies were there?   20  
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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.  
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Who had the power over LIFE and DEATH in the Persian Empire?   King  
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What was the Pesian Empires power based on?   The military  
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Monarchy   rule by king or queen  
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Who conquored the Persians.   Alexander the Great  
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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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