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Chapter 7 Eurasia
Required for HW
Question | Answer |
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What time was considered the life of Zarathustra? | Circa 7th-6th century B.C.E |
When did the Achaemenid dynasty rule? | Circa 558-330 B.C.E |
When was the reign of Cyrus the Achaemenid? | Circa 558-530 B.C.E |
When was the reign of Darius? | Circa 521-486 B.C.E |
When did the conquest of the Achaemenid Empire by Alexander of Macedon occur? | Circa 334-330 B.C.E |
When was the Seleucid dynasty around? | Circa 323-83 B.C.E |
When was the Parthian dynasty around? | Circa 247 B.C.E- 224 C.E |
When was the Sasanid dynasty around? | Circa 224-651 C.E |
When did Persians start migrating to their native lands? | Circa 1000+ B.C.E |
What people are the Persians? | Indo-European |
What economy did they have? | Mostly pastoral, limited agriculture |
What advantage did these people have? | Military experience, equestrian and archery experience |
Who had power over them? | Babylonian and Assyrian empire |
When did they start to venture for power? | End of Sixth century, when Babylon and Assyrian empires started to fall |
Who was the founder of the first Persian empire? | Cyrus the Achaemenid |
How far did his empire stretch out? | From India to the border of Egypt |
Who was the most important successor to Cyrus? | Darius |
How was he an important ruler? | Centralized rule over a empire that stretched out over 300 kilometers, over several ethnical groups |
How did the government work for this empire? | The king of Persia would overlook several governmental officials that overlook the taxation of a region. |
How many regions was his rule divided into? | 23 regions |