The Persian Empire

PERSIAN EMPIRE

STORY TIME: PRESENTED BY YOUR LOVELY TEACHER PAULA NUÑEZ ORTIZ

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a guy call Herodotus told us everything regarding Persia

AKEEMEHID DYNASTY

♥ Cyrus the Great raise the Persian Empire.

♥ Akeemehid Dynasty was founded in 539 B.C

♥Cyrus II. Conquered more places than his dad.

Multiple Choice

Who founded the Persian Empire in 539 B.C ?

• Xerxes

• Darius

• Cyrus

• Cyrus II

Cyrus was SO tolerant, he conquered places, but he allows them to keep:

• Their kings

• Elites

• Religion

• Culture

Open Ended

Why was Cyrus the Great tolerant?

Principal Religion

• Zoroastrianism

• First Monotheistic Religion

Fill in the Blank

The principal religion in Persia was the _______

FUN FACT

• SLAVERY WAS ALMOST UNHEARD IN THE PERSIAN EMPIRE.

• THE FIRST TRY TO DEVELOP THE HUMAN RIGHTS.

DARIUS

• He standardized several things on the whole empire like:

• language

• currency (money)

• Religion

• Also he was the one who build roads in the whole empire

Multiple Choice

Important things that Darius made on the Persian Empire

• He create a religion

• He standardized the currency, religion and language

• He standardized the names, the money and the people

ORGANIZATION: CENTRALIZED POWER WITH A DECENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION

• Satrapys: Province or Region

• Satrap: governors of the provinces

• PRINCIPAL SATRAPY: PERSEPOLIS

Open Ended

Explain what is a Satrapy and a Satrap.

DECLINE OF PERSIA

• XERXES: he wanted to conquered the Greeks, the Greeks defeat him.

• Persia lost a lot of power with the wars with the Greeks.

• Alexander The Great from Macedonia defeated all the armies of the Persians.

• Alexander burned Persepolis

Multiple Choice

Who defeat the Persians?

• Egypt

• Xerxes

• Cyrus

• Alexander the Great

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