Greece vs. Persia: Key Facts

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Cyrus the Great

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Founder of the Persian Empire

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Darius I

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Expanded the Persian Empire to its largest size

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Satraps

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Governors of Persian provinces

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Royal Road

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Ancient highway for communication across the Persian Empire

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Zoroastrianism

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Main religion of ancient Persia

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Ahura Mazda

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Supreme god in Zoroastrianism

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Achaemenid Empire

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First Persian Empire

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Persepolis

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Ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire

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Xerxes I

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Persian king during the Greco-Persian Wars

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Dualism in Zoroastrianism

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Concept of good vs. evil