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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 |