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| When did the Medes and the Persians migrate to Persia? | Before 1000 B.C.E
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| Where did the Medes and the Persians migrate from? | Asia
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| What language did the Medes and the Persians speak? | An Indo-Euopean language
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| What civilization did the Medes and the Persians share a cultural trait with? | The Aryans
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| What empires did they challenge? | Assyrians and Babylonians
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| How long did Cyrus the Achaemenid (the Shepherd) reign for? | 558-530 B.C.E.
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| What happened in 558 B.C.E? | Cyrus the Achaemenid became king of the Persian tribes
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| When did Cyrus the Achaemenid gain control? | 548 B.C.E
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| Where did his vast empire extend to? | From India to the borders of Egypt
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| Who is Cyrus's son? | Cambyse
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| How long did Cambyse reign for? | 530-522 B.C.E.
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| When did Cambyse conquer Egypt? | 525 B.C.E
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| How long did Darius reign for? | 521-486 B.C.E.
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| What was the capital during Darius' reign? | Persepolis
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| Twenty-three satrapies were appointed by... | The central government
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| Local officials were from... | Local populations
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| Who enforced/checked Satraps' power? | Military 'spies'
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| Xerxes reigned from... | 486-465 B.C.E.
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| What did Xerxes do? | Caused ill will and rebellions among the people in Mesopotamia and Egypt
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| How long did the Persian war last for? | 500-479 B.C.E.
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| Why did the war last 150 years? | Persian rulers failed to put down the rebellion
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| Who invaded Persia in 334 B.C.E.? | Alexander of Macedon
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| When was the battle of Guatemala? | 331 B.C.E (the end of Achaemenid empire)
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| Alexander burned down which city? | Persepolis
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| Who inherited most of Achaemenid after Alexander died? | Seleucus
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