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Greece and Persia
Question | Answer |
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Who wrote the "History of the Persian War?" | Herodotus |
Who reorganized the Persian government to make it more efficient? | Persian King Darius I |
How did Cyrus the Great hold his growing empire together? | by treating conquered people fairly |
Under King Cyrus, in the 540BC, the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan and | Mesopotamia |
Which factor led to the decline of the Persian Empire? | army was weakened after losses to Greece, rulers disagreed about who should have power |
Who defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae? | Xerxes |
Who was a religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion? | Zoroaster |
Who reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empires into satrapies? | Darius I |
What king from Sparta led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae? | Leonidas |
Who expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army? | Cyrus |
Who won the Battle of Marathon? | the Greeks |