Chapter 7 History

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The expenses for Ezra's journey to Jerusalem were paid by

Artaxerxes I

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism

Avesta

Alexander the Great

Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East.

The Persian Empire reached its greatest size and power under ____ the Great.

Darius

God gave the Queen favor with the Xerxes,and he brought about deliverance for his people through

Esther

An artist painted his interpretation of how the scene looked in his ____ of Noah and the ark.

rendering

A decorative Persian drinking vessel.

rhyton

A governor in Persia who ruled a particular province. The Satrap was responsible for collecting tribute for Darius and reporting to him.

satrap

A provice in ancient Persia

satrapy

Every Persian family lived in a province called a ____.

satrapy

What was the architecture and art like in the Persian Empire?

splendid palaces, ornate carvings, elaborate headdresses

After Artaxerxes, the Persians became discontent with the high ____ and with their ____.

taxes, rulers

Darius the Great

third ruler of the Persian Empire. During his reign the Persian Empire reached the height of its size and power

What did Zoroaster teach was the way to eternal happiness?

to do more good than evil in this life

What is the importance of the Behistun cliff inscription?

Interpreting the script resulted in understand ancient civilizations and reading other cuneiform scripts.

The dynasty that Cyrus II began is known as the _____ period of Persia

Achaemehid

Under Cyrus the Persian Empire reached as far as the ___ Sea in the west.

Aegean

Study these places

Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Hellespont, Pasargadae, Persepolis, Persia, Susa

The book of Esther uses the Hebrew name for the Persian King Xerxes, which is _____________.

Ahasuerus

The city of Persepolis was burned by ____

Alexander the Great

What was the common language in the Persian Empire?

Aramaic

Zoroaster

Founder of Zoroastrianism

The Parthians lacked a strong central ____.

Government

Alexander continued the Persian form of centralized _____, placed the Persian ____ in his own army, and blended some Persian customs with ___ culture.

Government, Calvary, Greek

The Sassanid kings wanted to rid the culture of _____ influences and bring back all that was truly ____.

Greek, Persian

Art and coins that survived show that the Parthians had close contact with the _____.

Greeks

The Persian official who plotted to destroy all the Jews was

Haman

A term describing Greek culture as it spread into other lands through Alexander the Great's conquests.

Hellenistic

A famous Greek historian named ____ described the Royal Road.

Herodotus

Artaxerxes I supplied the wood needed to build the city gates and sent letters to guarantee safety for _____ as he traveled.

Nehemiah

Darius moved the capital from ___ to the city of ___ and then later to ___.

Pasargadae, Susa, Persepolis

Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

Persian king in the book of Esther.

Artaxerxes

Persian king whom Nehemiah served

Darius had royal messengers stationed along the ___ to carry messages in relay style

Royal Road

Persia achieved its greatest wealth during the _____ period.

Sassanids

Darius named a governor, or ___, to collect tribute in each province.

Satrap

After Alexander's death, Persia came under the control of a family called the ____.

Scleucids (or Seleucids)

Who ordered his soliders to beat the waters of the Hellespont?

Xerxes

Who founded the main religion of ancient Persia?

Zoroaster

Darius's image was stamped on a gold coin called a ___

daric

Herodotus

famous Greek historian

The king's own special military force was called the ____.

immortals

What made Zoroastrianism different from most other religions in the ancient world?

it was monotheistic

Cyrus the Great

king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC)

The name for priests in ancient Persia

magi

A race that is 26.2 miles long; named after a city in Ancient Greece.

marathon

After Cyrus rose to power among the Persians, he led a rebellion against the ___.

medes

The historian Josephus claimed no one approached Xerxes without a summons from him because he was guarded by _____.

men with axes


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