Persia and India

1. Persia and India Unit 3

2. Bellringer • Write down what you remember from the video last class about the Persian Empire

3. Agenda • Bellringer • Religions Chart • Reading • Lecture • Timeline • Homework Reading Ch 4.3 in textbook

4. Objectives • Describe Zoroastrianism within Persia • Explain Persians tolerance towards others

5. Religions Chart • Complete the Judaism Colum on your religions chart using your notes • Complete Zoroastrianism column using pg 96

6. Mesopotamia after the Sumerians • Assyrians • Warrior people • From Northern Mesopotamia • Lack of natural barriers make them war like

7. Assyrians Military • Glorified military strength • Iron making technology • Iron swords, spear, and arrows • Tactics • Engineering • Planned ahead

8. Assyrian Treatment of Captive People • Killed or enslaved captives • Moved conquered people away from their homelands

9. Assyrian Expansion • First captured Mesopotamia and later Egypt and Anatolia

10. Assyrian Rule • Organized territories into provinces • Emperies close people to govern areas or supported Kings who gave in to the Assyrians • Taxes and tribute • Armies protect the empire

11. Assyrian Culture • War • Lion hunts • Capital city: Nineveh • Library

12. Fall of the Assyrian Empire • Had many enemies • Chaldean destroy Nineveh • Rebuilt Babylon • Hanging gardens

13. Bellringer • Pull out Grapes chart for Persia

14. Agenda • Review GRAPES Chart • Persia PowerPoint • Creation of timeline • Homework: Ch 3.1 and 3.2 Worksheet

15. Objective • Summarize the key aspects of the Persian Empire.

16. Pop Challenge • Place in the correct order. • Phoenicians • Persians • Babylonians • Assyrians • Hebrews

17. People of Mesopotamia • Hebrews • Phoenicians • Assyrians • All conquered by the Babylonians (the New Babylonians!) • Then by the Persians

18. Assyrian Empire

19. (New) Babylon

20. Persian Empire

21. Babylonians • King Nebuchadnezzar • Hanging Gardens (a Wonder of the World) • Forced the Hebrews to move to Babylon as slaves • Babylonian Captivity (also called the Exile)

22. Persians • Conquered the Middle East, Egypt, modern-day Iran and Afghanistan, Asia Minor, and even into Europe

23. 1. Where would you find the oldest part of the Persian empire?

24. 2. When did the Persian empire reach its greatest extent?

25. Cyrus the Great • Founder of the Persian Empire • Conquered many lands • Known for his tolerance of other cultures and religions • Allowed the Hebrews to return to and rebuild Jerusalem

26. Cyrus the Great • Called “the Great” because of his conquests, and because people loved him • Persian Empire expanded easily, conquered peoples wanted to be a part of it

27. Persian Tombs • Known as the “king of kings”

28. Cambyses • Cyrus’ son. He’s not so great. • Cambyses is everything his father is not • Intolerant • Mean • Disliked • When he dies, the empire falls apart

29. Ms. Heath’s Rule of World History #4 Power will collapse without respect

30. Darius • The winner of a mini-civil war was Darius • Not related to Cyrus, but carries on his tradition • Creates the largest empire in the world up to that time

31. Darius • Re-conquers the empire • Restores tolerance • Invades Greece • Creates the Persian imperial achievements

32. Persia’s Achievements • Imperial bureaucracy • The Royal Road

33. Imperial Bureaucracy • Imperial = belonging to an empire • Bureaucracy = organizational structure in government that is in charge of running things • Darius built a really good one to manage his large empire

34. The Royal Road • Connected the major Persian cities • Important for: • Communication (messenger system) • Trade • Moving armies

35. 3. Where were the two endpoints of the Royal Road?

36. Persian Religion • Called Zoroastrianism, named after the prophet Zoroaster • Monotheistic – Ahura Mazda • Based on conflict between good and evil • People choose sides and their soul is rewarded for choosing well

37. Persia Timeline • Create a timeline of the Persian Empire • Label at 5 major events in Persian History • Write a Description for each event • Add two visuals for your timeline

38. Bellringer • Pull out a piece of paper and divide it into 4 part. • Write Persia at the top • In the four section write the following and write down what you remember for each section • Government • Religion • Achievements • Leaders

39. Agenda • Bellringer • Review of Persia • Indo Europeans • Religions Chart • Vocabulary • Homework • Worksheet 7.1 & 7.2

40. Objectives 28. Explain the impact of Aryan migration into India. 29. Describe the major beliefs and traditions of Hinduism

41. Use the back of your paper Persia Review

42. Question 1 • Place in the correct order • Assyrians • Persians • Hebrew • Babylonian

43. Question 2 • Which of the following was the Religion of the Persian Empire • Buddhism • Zoroasterism • Hinduism • Ziggerat

44. Question 3 • Compared to the Assryians the Persians….. • Were tolerant towards conquered people • Were Mean towards conquered people • Tortured and cut off their heads

45. Question 4 • Which map if of the Persian Empire? A B

46. Question 5 • Name one achievement of the Persian Empire

47. Indus River Valley • Decline begins around 1750 BC • Reason for fall is unknown

48. India Geography • Isolated • Peninsula • Sub-continent • Himalaya • Hindu-Kush • But, mountain passes allow migration

49. Aryan Migrations • Aryan nomadic groups • Come from north of the Black Sea • Move into parts of Asia and Europe • Settle in India among the agricultural people already there

50. Aryan Culture • Aryans brought elements of their culture to India • Gods • Sacred writings: theVedas and Upanishads • Religious rituals • Social class structure • Imposed their beliefs on the natives