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Iran's location, bounded by mountains, deserts, and the _____ Gulf, left it open to attack from Central Asian _____.
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Persian,,,,, nomads
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Iran had limited ________ _________.
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Natural resources.
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_______ was relatively scarce, and Iran's environment could support only a limited _________.
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Water/ population.
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One of the most major problems that historians face in studying ancient Persia is that...
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much of the source material was written from the point of view of the Greeks.
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Darius may be considered the most important of the Persian kings because...
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of his conquests and his reorganization of the empire.
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In the later Persian Empire, provinces, overseen by governors, were divided into...
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satraps
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In construction projects, Darius and Xerxes were inspired by the traditions of...
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Mesopotamia
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King Darius said: "By the grace of Ahuramazda am I king." This statement indicates that Darius likely worshiped as a(n)
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Zoroastrian
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Which of the following is a true statement concerning Zoroastrianism?
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It is thought to have had a large impact on Judaism
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The Greeks were drawn to the sea because...
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Overland travel was difficult, they needed to import metals, they needed to import timber, Greece had good anchorages.
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The first true alphabet emerged in Greece when the Greeks merged their vowel sounds with the symbols from...
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Phoenician symbols
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Most Greek urban centers had a place of refuge in case of emergency known as a(n)...
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acropolis
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Greek colonization began as a way to
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convert the barbaroi to Greek customs and culture.
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In the sixth century B.C.E., Greeks began to record their stories, history, poetry, and other writings. The men who began this are called...
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logographers
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The Greek city-states formed the _____ as a way to prosecute the war against the Persians.
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Delian League.
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In Athenian marriages, the duty of the women was to
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Produce male children
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The Ptolemies ruled from
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Alexandria
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What was the most profitable product for Cyrene?
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Silphium- valued for madesium
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What were the most important trade items in ancient Iran?
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Minerals, timber, and goods.
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The Medes were the first Iranian people to reach a complex level of?
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Political organization
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Who was the king responsible for unifying Iran?
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Cyrus
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Early Iranian social organization was characterized as?
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Patriarchal
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Because of the heat irrigation channels were...
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underground
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The _____ kingdom in northwestern Iran helped to destroy the Assyrian Empire
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Median
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The Persian Empire was built up by a series of three kings:
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Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius I
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Women of the elite class in Persia were able to do what?
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Own property, and they were politically influential.
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Under Darius's legal system, subjects lived by what laws?
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Own laws.
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Where did Darius establish the administrative center of his empire?
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Susa
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Zoroastrianism:
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1 deity, Karma, Ahuramazda created world, Good triumphs over evil.
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What grew well in the dry environment of Greece?
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Barley, olive trees, and grape vines.
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Greece was organized into city-states called what?
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Polis
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The area of the polis in which citizens would come together to ratify decisions of their leaders was the called the...
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Agora
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Dark Age
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backwardness, depopulation, and poverty
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What led to the Archaic period in Greece?
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Renewed contact with Phoenicians.
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What developed Greek poleis?
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Mountain barriers.
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Close formed ranks of soldiers, called up in times of war, were called
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hoplites
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The middle class in Greece was made up of
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merchants and craftsmen
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Oligarchy
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Wealthy members have political powers.
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Father of History
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Herodotus
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Athenian politician who divided the polis into four political classes was
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Solon
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The final battle of the Persian wars that defeated Xerxes was at what site?
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Plateaus
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Trireme
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Athenian boat that used rowers.
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Three great Greek classical philosophers...
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Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
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The transition to a literary, rather than orally based, culture is notable in the works of
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Plato
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Drink of both the elite and common people in the ancient world was
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Beer
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Hellenistic Age
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Cultures that were largely influenced by Greek culture
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