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Persia
Mesopotamia's greatest empire
| Zoroastrianism | Founded by the prophet- Zoroaster |
| Good & Evil? | Belief in 2 opposing forces in the universe |
| Ahuramazda | The Supreme Being |
| Ahriman | Opposing Force |
| Zoroastrianism (2) | Worshiped forces of nature |
| Shared elements with 3 Monotheistic faiths | -Judaism, Christianity, & Islam |
| Greece & Alexander the Great | Defeated by the United Greek city-states in Persian Wars Ultimately taken over by the forces of Alexander the Great Territory divided into 2 |
| Contributions | Imperial Bureaucracy Zoroastrianism The Royal Road |
| Cyrus the Great | Known for Tolerance |
| Darius I | Royal Road Introduces Imperial Bureaucracy |
| Xerxes | Fails in his attempt to conquer Greece |