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15 Cards in this Set
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Assyrians
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Semitic speaking people who ruled the empire including Mesopotamia, and parts of Iran, Asia Minor, Syria, Israel, and Egypt.
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King Ashurbanipal
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Assyrian King who proposed torture and terroristic warfare of laying waste to conquered area and torturing POW’s.
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Chaldean King who made Babylonia the leading state in western Asia, and especially known for conquering Judah and destroying Jerusalem and taking population captive to Babylon.
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Persians
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Indo-European people who live in what is now Iran. Became an empire under the Achaemenid.
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Cyrus
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Persian King who united the Chaldeans, conquered the Assyrians and established the Persian Empire and the Achaemenid dynasty and was called Cyrus the Great.
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Darius I
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Ruled the Persian Empire from 521 B.C. to 486 B.C. an grew it to it’s greatest height. Divided empire into 20 provinces and began it’s extensive bureaucracy.
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Satrap
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Governor of the Satrapies or provinces and ruled at the pleasure of the king.
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Royal Road
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1500 mile road built by Darius that reached from Lydia to Susa, two of the four capital cities of the empire.
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Immortals
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Core of the standing army of Persians, which were the elite fighters who when 1 was killed was immediately replaced by someone trained to take his place.
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Monarchy
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Country ruled over by a king or queen.
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Zoroaster
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The “father” of Persian religion Zoroastrianism, which
became the state religion. It was a monotheistic religion. |
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Ahuramazda
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The supreme god of Zoroastrianism who created all things.
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Ahriman
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The evil spirit who opposed Ahuramazda.
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Xerxes
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Son of Darius I who would eventually spell the doom of the Persian empire because of his hatred of the Greeks.
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Persepolis
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One of the 4 capital cities of the Persian Empire, which Darius had build on the western frontier of the empire.
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