Ancient Persian review

What is a race that is 26.2 miles long

• A mile

• Royal Road

• Marathon

• Road system

What did Zoroaster teach was the way to eternal happiness?

• To read the Avesta, the holy writings

• To do more good than evil in this life

• To believe in a good god, Acura Mazda

What was the common language in the Persian empire?

• Hebrew

• English

• Greek

• Aramaic

What made Zoroastrianism different from most other religions in the ancient world?

• It had temples

• It was monotheistic

• It was the worship of idols

What was the importance of the Behistun cliff inscription?

• The old Persian language was written in cuneiform similar to that of the Sumerians and was solved with the Rosetta stone

• Interpreted the script resulted in understanding ancient civilizations and reading other cuneiforms.

What book of the Bible uses the Hebrew name of the Persian king Xeroxes, which is also Ahasuerus

Arts and coins that survived show that the Parthian’s had close contact with the

• Americans

• China

• Greeks

• Egypt

The kings special forces

• Immortals

• Coin system

• Army

• Satrapy

The holy writings of zoroastrianism

• Avesta

• Satrap

• Herodotus

• Rhython

A drinking vessel

• Avesta

• Satrap

• Lydia

• Rhyton