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Chapter 7
The Empires of Persia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What occured in 7th–6th centuries B.C.E. | Life of Zarathustra |
| The Achaemenid dynasty took place in... | 558–330 B.C.E. |
| What occured in 558–530 B.C.E. | Reign of Cyrus the Achaemenid |
| The Reign of Darius took place in... | 521–486 B.C.E. |
| What occured in 334–330 B.C.E. | The Invasion and conquest of the Achaemenid empire by Alexander of Macedon |
| The Seleucid dynasty was around in... | 323–83 B.C.E. |
| What happened in 247 B.C.E.–224 C.E. | Parthian dynasty |
| The Sasanid dynasty was around in... | 224–651 C.E. |
| Achaemenid's politics | Cyrus became king of the Persian tribes and ruled from his mountain fortress at Pasargadae |
| Achaemenid's geography | They had migrated from central Asia to Persia |
| Achaemenid's religion | Cyrus had supported the religious tolerence during the expandsion of the empire |
| Achaemenid's arts | The built tombs for their rulers when they died, for example Cyrus' tomb |
| Achaemenid 's technology | They formed a type of bow and arrow that they made |
| Achaemenid's economy | People had to pay taxes |
| Achaemenid's society | They organized themselves by clans rather than by states |
| Persia's politics | Had centralized imperial governments |
| Persia's geography | Central Asia |
| Persia's religion | Zoroastrianism |
| Persia's arts | Slaves had built temples |
| Persia's technology | They had built tools for war |
| Persia's economy | Agriculture was based on their economic foundation and on trade |
| Persia's society | Built on social class |
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