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The Persian Empire The Conquerors of Everyone Start of the Persian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Persian Empire The Conquerors of Everyone Start of the Persian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Persian Empire The Conquerors of Everyone Start of the Persian Empire Starts with Indo-European migrations Came to Persia around 1000 BCE Known as modern day Iran Land was farmable and had precious minerals for trading
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Start of the Persian Empire
- Starts with Indo-European migrations
– Came to Persia around 1000 BCE – Known as modern day Iran
- Land was farmable and had precious
minerals for trading
– Made empire rich with traded products
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Leaders of the Persian Empire
- 3 major leaders to the Persian Empire
– Cyrus the Great – Cambyses – Darius I
- Other famous Persian Leaders
– Xerxes- famous from ‘300’ movie
- Fights against Greeks in Persian Wars
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Persia Under Cyrus & Cambyses
- Rules from 550-530 BCE
– Expanded empire from Anatolia to Indus river in only 12 years
- Considered a military & political genius
– Practiced religious tolerance
- Prayed at the statues of a city’s gods
- Allowed Jews to return to their homeland
– Kept tight rules over his soldiers
- Did not allow looting or burning; shows respect
- Cambyses takes over when father dies
– Conquers Egypt – Does not practice religious tolerance
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Persia Under King Darius
- Comes to power after Cambyses death
– Not related to the previous leaders – Used the Ten Thousand Immortals to help
- The king’s bodyguards (Darius was one)
- Created an efficient government
– Split empire in 20 sections; used satraps
- Satraps- governors of a province
- Expanded empire further
– Could not defeat the Greeks
- Built the Royal Road
– Used to unite Persia for trade and travel – Also used metal coins like in Asia
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Persian Religion-Zoroastrianism
- Zoroaster- Persian prophet
– Taught that 2 armies were fighting for a person’s soul
- Army of good and light
- Army of darkness and evil
– Believed that people’s decisions determined their fate in the afterlife
- Developed the ideas of heaven, hell
and a final judgment day
– Similar to the ideas of Christianity, Islam and Judaism
- Religion named- Zoroastrianism
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Persian Story Assignment
- You will write a children's story
- Your story must have the following info
– Must include all 4 leaders and what they are famous for – Must have at least 1 picture on each page/slide – Must tell where the empire was located – Must discuss Zoroastrianism and its beliefs – Must have the Royal Road
- It should start once upon a time
- It needs to be able to be read by children