Chapter 7

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The founder of the Achaemenid empire was

Cyrus

the battle of Marathon in 490 B.C.E. proved to be

a Persian loss

which empire normally displayed the greatest degree of toleration toward its subject peoples

achaemenid

the persian legal code was designed to

codifly the laws of the subject peoples

The leader of the Lydians who fell to Cyrus

croesus

the persian king who regularized tax levies and standardized law was

darius

neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom..

herodotus on persian courier service

The Seleucid, Parthian and Sasanid empires employed a form of

imperial admin copied from the Achmens

the center of the persian communications network

royal road

Pasargadae was

the capital of the persian empire before persepolis

The major early turning point in the rise of the Persian empire

victory of Cyrus over Lydia

The magnificent capital of the persian empire constructed by darius was

persepolis

Satrapies were

persian administrative units

the qanat

persian underground canals

In organizing their empire, Persian rulers relied heavily on techniques of administration from the

Mesopotamians

the population of the achaemenid empire under darius was

35 million

What is the chronological order of the Persian empires

Achaemenids, Seleucids, Parthians, Sasanids

The greatest of the Achaemenid emperors

Darius

In 525 B.C.E. the Persian emperor Cambyses captured

Egypt

The decisivce victory of Alexander of Macedon over the Persians was called the battle of

Guagamela

The Medes and the Persians were originally

Indo-European tribes

darius received high praise from these people for his decision to allow them to return to their capital city and rebuild their temple.

jews

darius picked up the idea of a standardized government-issued coinage from the

lydians

the persian eyes and ears of the king

were spies

the king who failed to follow the normal persian governing polisy of toleration was

xerxes


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