Persia

A series of wars between the Greeks and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious.

• Zoroastrianism

• Persian Wars

• Punic Wars

• Cyrus The Great

Battle of Thermopylae

• King of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire; he defeated the Median army and united the Persians.

• The third king of the Persian Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak creating multiple political, economic and social improvements.

• Battle during which 300 Spartans fought thousands of Persian soldiers in a narrow mountain pass. Persia ultimately won.

• Last major battle of the Persian War where the Greeks defeated the Persians

Rarely

• Elite fighting force of the Persians.

• Not often; seldom

• Political districts or regions

• A series of wars between the Greeks and the Persians in which the Greeks were usually victorious.

A religion that developed in early Persia that focused on the fight between good and evil.

• Zoroastrianism

• Buddhism

• Persian Wars

• Judaism

King of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire; he defeated the Median army and united the Persians

• Alexander the Great

• Zoroastrianism

• Royal Road

• Cyrus the Great

The third king of the Persian Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak creating multiple political, economic and social improvements.

• Cyrus the Great

• Darius I

• Xerxes I

• Cavalry

Persian ruler, he tried to conquer Greece during the Persian Wars but was defeated.

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

• Cavalry

• Xerxes I

Battle of Plataea

• King of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire; he defeated the Median army and united the Persians.

• Persian ruler, he tried to conquer Greece during the Persian Wars but was defeated.

• A unit of soldiers who ride horses

• Last major battle of the Persian War where the Greeks defeated the Persians

Cavalry

• A unit of soldiers who ride horses

• King of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire; he defeated the Median army and united the Persians

• Persian ruler, he tried to conquer Greece during the Persian Wars but was defeated.

• The third king of the Persian Empire. He ruled the empire at its peak creating multiple political, economic and social improvements.

Elite fighting force of the Persians.

• Provinces

• Rarely

• Immortals

• Persian Wars