---------------refers to people of high rank or title in a society

•In the year 559 B.C, Cyrus became ruler of------------

Cyrus overthrew the king of the ------------

•Cyrus was known as a skilled ------------ determined to conquer his neighbors

•The Persian ---------, soldiers trained for fighting mainly on foot

•Soldiers who fought on horseback, on camels, or from chariots ----------

•Persia conquered first---------------in 539 B.C.

•Cyrus was followed by his son ----------

Empire divided into 20 territories called -----

---------------conquered Babylon, Assyria, Lydia, Parthia, and Bactria in fewer than 20 years.

1. Each satrap provided Darius I, the Persian emperor with what __________?

The Persian Emperor, Darius I, was known as the ___________?

1. People that carried messages from place to place on horseback were known as_____?

1. Known as the ‘eyes and ears of the king’ Darius also introduced the idea of a _________?

1. The earliest Persian people believed in many gods, which is called _________?

1. Zarathustra was a person who is believed to speak or write with a message from God, another word for this is _________?

1. The royal family of Persia followed the religion________?

Modern believers of the ideas of Zarathustra are known as --------

Darius used tribute money to build palaces at ---------------and Susa

The teachings of Zarathustra's several hymns are called ----------

Ahura Mazda means

Modern believers of the ideas of Zarathustra are known as -------------

about the middle of the A.D 600s, the ------------------conquered Persia

Name the sacred book of Zarasthustra

Zarasthutra the founder of a religion and was also consedered a -------------