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10 Cards in this Set
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Cyrus
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Achaemenid ruler who conquered vast region between India and Egypt by 530 B.C.E
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Darius
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extended the Achaemenid empire into northwest India and the western shore of the Black sea
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satrapies
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provinces
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Persian Royal Road
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road stretching for 1600 miles from the Aegean Sea to Iran
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Persian Wars
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rebellions that led to a war with Greek city-states resulting in defeat
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Alexander the Great
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invaded Persia and defeated the Persians resulting in the division of Persia into three regions
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bureaucrats
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members of the top of the social hierarchy that acted as tax collectors and record keepers
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free v. unfree labor
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free classes and slaves made up the majority of the population; craftsmen, artisans, merchants and the lower civil servants were in the free classes but had few privileges; slaves were not free and usually POWs
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qanats
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underground irrigation channels
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Zoroastrianism
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religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zarathustra and acknowledges the divine authority of Ahura Mazda
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