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Achaemenid

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The dynasty that cyrus bega

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Cirrus II

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A wise ruler that treated his enemies well

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Pasargasdea

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Thegrand royal tomb that cyrus was buried in

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Darius the great

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A king after cyrus with a long and successful region

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The province that Darius separated

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Satrapy

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Satrap

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A governor

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Susa

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Darius’s capital city

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Royal road

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Miles of stone road that connected the empire

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Hurodidus

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A famous historian from Greece

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A Persian gold coin

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Daric

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Immortals

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The kings own army of soldiers

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Rhytons

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Jars, jugs, utensils,and drinking vessels

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Zoroaster

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A man who lived in the sixth century BC

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Zoroasterism

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The main religion of Persia

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Avesta

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The holy writings of zoroastrism

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Magi

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The priests in the persain empire

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Marathon

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Where Darius sailed to in 490 BC

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Xerxes

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The son of Darius

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Hellespont

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The strait that Greece crossed

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Persian wars

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The wars between the Persians and Greece

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Artaxerexes I

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The last of Achaemenid kings

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Alexander the Great

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A young man of 20 son of Phillip II

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Parthians

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A province in northeast Persia near the Caspian Sea