Persian Language and History

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Aramaic

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The language spoken in ancient Persia by the common people

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Old Persian

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Language of the Persian kings

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Cuneiform

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The Behistun carvings that were used to decipher information from ancient Persia

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Spirits

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Zoroastrianism teaches that there are two uncreated things called spirits

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Eternal

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Christianity teaches that God is the only eternal being; never ending

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Asia Minor

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A rebellion broke out here because Persia wanted to expand its borders

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King Darius

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His army sailed to the plain of Marathon where they were defeated

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King Xerxes

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He led the Persians to defeat the Greeks at the battle at Thermopylae

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Themistocles

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An Athenian general who had a plan to ram and sink Persian ships

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Plataea

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The location where the Persian empire admitted defeat in battle