Persian Empire Review

Cyrus the Great allowed conquered culutres to practice their own religion.

• The Persian Empire was better connected

• The Persian Empire ended

• There were many different types of religions in the Persian Empire

Cyrus the Great conquered the Median Empire.

• He defeated the Greek fleet in the Battle of Salamis

• He founded the Persian Empire

• The Persian Empire was better connected.

Xerxes I attempted to finish what his father had started.

• The Persian Empire was better connected.

• He founded the Persian Empire

• He was defeated by the Greek fleet in Battle of Salamis.

The Royal Road was built by King Darius the Great

• The Persian Empire ended

• The Persian Empire was better connected

• He founded the Persian Empire

Darius the Great believed the Greeks were the cause of rebellions

• There were many different types of religions in the Persian Empire

• He founded the Persian Empire

• He attacked Greece in 490 B.C. but was defeated.

The siege of Maxos was a failure for Arsitagoras

• Starting with Miletus, the provinces of Ionia revolted against their Persian rulers.

• Darius the Great built the royal road from Susa to Sardis.

• Alexander the Great became ruler of Greece.

Darius the Great took Greek support for the insurrection/revolt in Ionia as an insult

• He built the Royal Road

• He founded the Persian Empire

• He decided to invade the Greek mainlands and started the Greco-Persian Wars