social studies Persia and lydia Flashcards
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Where was Lydia located?
Asia Minor
What is the big thing the Lydians created?
They created coined money. and the use of coined money spread to other parts
of the world.
Lydia’s richest king?
Croesus
How were conquered people in Persia treated?
Laws were administrated fairly and corrupted people were generally treated well.
Who started the Persian Empire?
Cyrus The Great
Order of Persian Kings?
Cyrus the Great, Cambysus, Darius, Xerxes.
What did Persia originally contain?
Babylon, Syria, Canaan, Lydia, and Greek city-states in Asia Minor.
What did Cambysus conquer and add on to Persia’s rule?
Egypt.
What were the governor’s called?
Satrapy’s.
Darius divided the empire into:
Provinces, ruled by satrapy’s.
How far did the Persian Empire stretch?
3000 miles, going from Egypt to parts of Europe. Containing around 50 million people.
Each satrapy (province) had to pay what?
Taxes.
Darius used spies called what to keep control of satrapy’s and military leaders?
‘The Eyes and Ears of the King’.
Was king Darius harsh?
Darius was a very tolerant ruler, and allowed conquered people to keep their own language, king and culture. Yet he dealt with rebellion very harshly.
What did Darius establish as the capital of Persia?
Persepolis.
What did Darius introduce / establish?
He introduced the use of coins and established the use of common weights and measures.
What road did Darius have built?
Darius had the Royal Road built to connect the cities in the empire. It connected the different cultures in the empire and helped exchange goods, ideas and customs.
Who could use the Royal Road?
Only people part of the government, or had governmental permission. Like messengers riding on horses to deliver information. With guards on duty.
Darius led the Persians into war against the Greeks, but eventually?:
Lost in the battle of Marathon.
After the Death of his father, Xerxes eventually crushed rebels in?:
Egypt and Babylon.
Though Xerxes campaign against the Greeks ended in what?:
Defeat as the Greeks stopped the Persian advance into Europe.
The war and Xerxes desire for expensive monuments ended in?:
Decline for the Persians treasury and money.
Who invented Zoroastrianism?
A prophet named Zoroaster, who lived in Persia in the 600s BC.
Who created Zoroastrianism?
A prophet named Zoroaster, who lived in Persia around the 600s BC.
