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18 Cards in this Set
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Irrigation in Iran |
Irrigation helped agriculture |
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Who lived in Iran? |
Persians |
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Who was Cyrus? |
Cyrus was the first Persian King. |
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What were Cyrus' achievements and policies
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Warriors owned the land and had free peasants placed both Persians and Medians in power Captures Egypt and Nubia |
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what is a Satrap? |
The governor of the provinces in the Persian Empire |
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What is Zoroastrianism? |
Religion made in Persia used by Achaemenids. |
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What is Polis? |
Greek Word for City-State |
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What were Hoplites |
Heavily armored Greek infantrymen |
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Reasons for Greek Colonization. |
Lack of quantity of food to spread out culture |
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humanism |
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters |
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Helots |
a member of a class of serfs in ancient Sparta, intermediate in status between slaves and citizens. |
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Herodotus |
Greek historian. Known as “the Father of History,” |
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Solon |
Athenian statesman and lawgiver. |
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Trireme |
Greek warship |
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Reasons for Persian defeat to Greece |
Plateau - Persian army defeated Persians are far away from home Had a hard time suppling themselves Salamis Hoplites were better trained better armor than Persians |
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Short Answer 1 |
The Persian Religion at the height of their Empire was Zoroastrianism. |
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S.A. 2 |
They had a lack of food but were able to send people by boat to different lands |
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Hellenistic Age |
The time greeks spread their culture after the conquest of Alexander the great. |
