9. The Persians

Allowing captured people to continue their way of life

• Cultural tolerance

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Imperial bureaucracy

Persian government; divided a large empire into smaller provinces; each province was governed by a satrap (administrator)

• Cultural tolerance

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Imperial bureaucracy

Built by the Persians to connect their large empire

• Royal Road

• Stonehenge

• Pyramids

• Ziggurats

Religion of the Persians; taught that there are opposing forces in the universe

• Zoroastrianism

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Judaism

The name of a Persian government administrator

• Satrap

• Pharaoh

• Ziggurat

• Dynasty

What does this excerpt describe?

• Phoenicia's monarchy

• Egypt's theocracy

• Persia's imperial bureaucracy

• Rome's republican government

According to the map, what empire does the Royal Road connect?

• Phoenician

• Egyptian

• Babylonian

• Persian

Who began the Persian Empire?

• Cyrus

• Abraham

• Moses

• Pharaoh

About how long did the Persian Empire last?

• 50 years

• 200 years

• 500 years

• 1,000 years

This describes the rule of the?

• Babylonians

• Persians

• Phoenicians

• Sumerians