Chapter 7

The Empires of Persia

1. The major early turning point in the rise of the Persian Empire was this:
2. He was the leader of the Lydians who fell to Cyrus:
3. n organi!ing their empire" Persian rulers relied hea#ily on te$hni%ues of administration from this early
&. Lists the Persian empires in $orre$t $hronologi$al order:
'. The (edes and Persians were originally from:
). The founder of the *$haemenid Empire was:
+. n '2' ,.C.E. the Persian emperor Cam-yses $aptured whi$h so$iety:
.. The greatest of the *$haemenid emperors was:
/. The magnifi$ent $apital of the Persian Empire $onstru$ted -y 0arius was:
11. 2atrapies were:
11. These were Persian 3eyes and ears of the 4ing5:
12. 0arius pi$4ed up the idea of a standardi!ed go#ernment6issued $oinage from this so$iety:
13. 7hi$h of the following empires normally displayed the greatest degree of toleration toward its su-jugated
peoples:
1&. The Persian 4ing who regulari!ed ta8 le#ies and standardi!ed laws was:
1'. The Persian legal $ode was designed to do this:
1). The $enter of the Persian $ommuni$ations networ4 was:
1+. Herodotus used the words" 39either snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these $ouriers from the
swift $ompletion of their appointed rounds"5 to des$ri-e this:
1.. The qanat were:
1/. :or his de$ision to allow them to return to their $apital $ity and re-uild their temple" 0arius re$ei#ed high
praise from these people:
21. The 4ing who failed to follow the normal Persian go#erning poli$y of toleration was:
21. This -attle in &/1 ,.C.E. against the ;ree4s pro#ed to -e a Persian loss:
22. The de$isi#e #i$tory of *le8ander of (a$edon o#er the Persians was $alled the -attle of:
23. 7hat three empires employed a form of imperial administration $opied from the *$haemenids:
2&. The empire $omprising most of the old *$haemenid state that was ta4en -y a general of *le8ander the ;reat
was:
2'. The 2eleu$ids were finally defeated in .3 ,.C.E. -y this Empire:
2). 7hi$h ranian state followed the *$haemenids and ri#aled the 2eleu$ids in greatness:
2+. The greatest Parthian ruler was:
2.. Ctesiphon was:
2/. He was the greatest 2asanid <ing:
31. The 2asanids were defeated in )'1 C.E. -y this group:
31. The so$ial stru$ture of the (edes and Persians was originally #ery similar to this so$iety:
32. This Persian religion was allowed to spread through its own merits:
33. =arathustra tal4ed a-out the -attle -etween the 3wise lord5 *hura (a!da and this e#il spirit:
3&. The Gathas were:
3'. How did the -asi$ tenet of =oroastrianism> that the #iew of the material world as a pla$e of temptation that
had to -e ignored influen$e later religions:
3). =arathustra #iewed the material world as:
3+. The words 3good words" good thoughts" good deeds5 were used to sum up the #iew of morality of this
group:
3.. This was the religious prophet who -rought a-out a transformation of Persian religion:

3/. This group $laimed to -e dire$t des$ent from the *$haemenids and ruled from 22& to )'1 C.E.
&1. He was the Persian emperor who $aptured Egypt:
ESSAY
&1. E8amine the role of trade and agri$ulture in e8plaining the su$$ess of the Persian empires. 7hy was the
?oyal ?oad so important@
&2. E8amine the de#elopment of the 2eleu$id" Parthian" and 2asanid empires. n what ways were they a
$ontinuation of the *$haemenid tradition@ n what ways were they different@
&3. n what ways" -oth politi$al and religious" did the later 2eleu$id" Parthian" and 2asanid empires try to
position themsel#es as the heirs of the *$haemenids@ 7hy did they do this@ How su$$essful were they in
this attempt@