Ch 7 Lesson 3 Persian War

Who wrote History of the Persian Wars?

• Xerxes

• Herodotus

• Themistocles

What did Persian King Darius I do?

• centralized the government by eliminating separate governors in each province.

• sent the Zoroastrians into exile.

• established a citizen army to serve during times of war.

• reorganized the Persian government to make it more efficient.

Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by

• establishing harsh military rule.

• limiting travel between provinces.

• treating conquered people fairly.

• building strong fortresses in each conquered land.

Under King Cyrus, in the 540s B.C., the Persian Empire conquered the lands of Anatolia, Syria, Canaan, and

• Athens.

• Sparta.

• Crete.

• Mesopotamia.

Which factors led to the decline of the Persian Empire?

• The army was weakened after losses to Greece, and rulers disagreed about who should have power.

• The people began to rebel against the Persian kings, causing a long series of civil wars.

• A series of natural disasters (droughts and earthquakes) devastated the Persian homeland.

• The king’s sons plotted to take over the throne, causing a civil war.

Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus

• Darius I

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus

• Darius I

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

Reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus

• Darius I

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

King from Sparta who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus

• Darius I

• Xerxes

• Leonidas

Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army

• Zoroaster

• Cyrus

• Darius I

• Xerxes

• Leonidas