Ancient Greece 7.3 Greece and Persia

A Greek historian, he wrote: History of the Persian Wars.

• Xerxes

• Herodotus

• Cyrus

Persian King Darius I ...

• Divided the Persian government into satrapies to make it easier to manage.

• Was the founder of Zoroastrianism

• Wrote: HIstory of the Persian Wars

Cyrus, King of Persia, held his growing empire together by....

• Harsh military rule

• 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/Turkey, Syria, and

• Athens

• Sparta

• Mesopotamia

• Crete

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.

• Natural disasters devastated the Persian homeland

• The king's sons plotted to take over the throne, causing civil war

Who was Zoroaster?

• Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

• A historian

• A powerful Persian King

Cyrus

• Religious teacher

• Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae

• King of Sparta who led soldier into battle at Thermopylae

• Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army

Xerxes

• Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae

• King from Sparta

• Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

Leonidas

• Spartan King who led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae

• Expanded the Persian Empire with his strong army

• Religious teacher who preached a new monotheistic religion

Darius I

• Reorganized the government and divided the Perisan Empire into satrapies

• Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae

• Religious teacher wo preached Zoroastrianism