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Persian Empire

Persian Empire. Bell work 2/26. Write these in your notebook Yoke – Atrocity – Dilapidated- Sapper Blasphemy Slander Magnanimous Vicinity. Take out the sheet from yesterday & open your book to page 44. The Persian Empire.

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Persian Empire

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  1. Persian Empire

  2. Bell work 2/26 • Write these in your notebook • Yoke – • Atrocity – • Dilapidated- • Sapper • Blasphemy • Slander • Magnanimous • Vicinity

  3. Take out the sheet from yesterday & open your book to page 44

  4. The Persian Empire • Prologue- the Medes, a pastoral group of nomads help the Neo-Babylonians capture Nineveh & establish the Median Empire • In 559 B.C.E Cyrus unified the clans of Persia & go on the offensive against Medes • By 550 B.C.E Cyrus had captured Media and created the first Persian Satrapy or province. • Goes on to conquer Greek city states on the Ionian coast, and eventually to capture Babylon in 539 B.C.E

  5. Cyrus the Great • From 538 to 530 B.C.E Cyrus consolidates (unifies) his empire • Restores temples destroyed by previous rulers & promotes religious toleration • Allowed native people to become government officials • Not seen as a god, but considered a father or Shepard of the people • Dies in 530B.C.E and is succeeded by his son Cambyses who expands the empire into Egypt & takes the title of Pharaoh

  6. Darius, the Great King (521-486 B.C.E) • Expands the Empire to its largest territorial borders • Professionalizes the army (elite soldiers known as Immortals) • Attempts to invade the Greek mainland after a revolt in Sardis • Organized the Satrapies or provinces of Persia into a more sensible system • Built grand palaces throughout the Empire, particularly along the Royal Road

  7. Zoroastrianism

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