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Ancient Persia facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| modern day country that was the site of the Persian Empire | Iran |
| civilization that was the precursor to the Persian Empire | Medes |
| dates of the Median Empire | 728-550 BC |
| Median king who destroyed Nineveh | Cyaxares |
| Median innovation in writing technology | parchment and pen |
| Median innovation in architecture | columns |
| Median religion | Zoroastrianism |
| luxury loving and weak king who presided over the fall of the Median empire | Astyages |
| Persian king who conquered the Medes | Cyrus |
| dates of Cyrus reign | 560-529 BC |
| honorary title for Cyrus | King of Kings |
| how did Cyrus deal with the people he conquered | kindly--he did not destroy cities or religions |
| When did Cyrus issue a decree to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem? | 539 BC |
| Cyrus' dynasty | Achaemenid |
| dates of the Achaemenid dynasty | 560-330 BC |
| cruel and insane son of Cyrus | Cambyses |
| Persian king who conquered Egypt and tried to conquer Carthage | Cambyses |
| Cambyses follower who reconquered the rebel territories and then became a great administrator | Darius I |
| Persian king who conquered India | Darius I |
| Persian king whose forces were defeated at Marathon | Darius I |
| Persian king during the second Persian War | Xerxes |
| Dates of Darius I's reign | 521-486 BC |
| Dates of Xerxes' reign | 486-479 BC |
| Battle at which Persian forces are delayed by Greek forces under Leonidas I | Thermopylae |
| Site of the battle where Themistocles uses Greek fire ships against the Persian navy | Bay of Salamis |
| Date of the defeat of Persian forces by Alexander the Great | 333 BC |
| title of the governors that ruled the various regions in Persia | satraps |
| Which mode of transportation and communication was first effectively used by the Persians? | the horse |
| Battle at which Darius was defeated in Greece | Marathon |
| two accomplishments in the area of construction that contributed to the unity of the Persian empire | roads, a canal |
| type of deity worship by Medes before monotheism | nature deities resembling the Hindu Vedic deities |
| name of the monotheistic religion followed by Medes and Persians | Zoroastrianism |
| Persian name for the prophet who introduced Zoroastrianism | Zarathustra |
| Zoroastrian deity | Ahura-Mazda |
| another label for Ahura-Mazda | Lord of Light |
| sacred scriptures for Zoroastrianism | Avesta |
| mistaken modern name for the Avesta | Zend-Avesta |
| other ancient scripture resembling the Avesta | Rig Veda |
| Satan figure of Zoroastrianism | Ahriman |
| Persian emperor who accepted Zoroastrianism and banned pagan worship | Darius I |
| in pre-Zoroastrian Persian religion, the sun god | Mithra |
| In pre-Zoroastrian Persia, the goddess of fertility and earth? | Anaita |
| In pre-Zoroastrian worship, the bull god who was raised from the dead | Haoma |
| Name of the empire in Persia after the Seleucids were defeated | Parthian Empire |
| Dates for the Parthian empire | 247 BC- 224 AD |
| major travel-way controlled by the Parthian empire | Silk Road |
| king who established Parthia's power | Mithradates the Great |
| dates for Mithradates the Great | 171-138 BC |
| Roman emperor whose forces weakened Parthia | Trajan |
| forces that ended the Parthian empire | Persians of Sassanid dynasty |
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