Key Terms - The Challenges of the Persian Empire Flashcards
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Satrap
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A Persian provincial governor
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Earth and water
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The symbolic tokens offered to the Persians by foreign states submitting to their rule
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Medise
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The act of a Greek state submitting to the Persians
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Hellenic League
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Modern term for the alliance of Greek states who resisted the Persian invasion of 480-479BC
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Peloponessian League
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Modern term for the alliance of Peloponnesian states led by Sparta which had existed in ts fullest form since c. 504BC