The Persian Empire

What new power arose in 500 BC?

• Phoenician Empire

• Summerian Empire

• Persian Empire

• Assyrian Empire

The most important leaders of Persian empire are: ______________ and _______________

Cyrus the Great and Darius I create

• An empire without culture, literature and arquitecture

• A huge empire that became one of the great civilizations of the ancient world

• The most rich and powerful city

Who won the independence of Persia and conquered the Medes

• Cyrus the Great

• Darius I

• Cambyses

What marked the beginning of the Persian empire?

• When Cyrus conquered Babylon

• The independence of Persia when Cyrus conquered Medes

• When Cambyses conquered Egypt

What regions conquered Cyrus?

• India and Assyria

• Egypt and Arabia

• Mesopotamia, Babylon and Syr Darya

In Babylon Cyrys found thousands of _________ enslaved and he freed them

• egyptians

• jews

• sumerians

When died Cyrus?

• 500 BC

• 629 BC

• 529 BC

What Cyrus let the people conquered keep?

• their own customs to avoid rebels

• their own army

• their houses and family

When Cyrus conquered ___________ people keep worshipping their own gods