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Mr. McCoy Honors Chapter 4

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Modern Iran has a dual ______.
Heritage
Achaemenid regional power in southwestern Iran went back at least to ________.
Cyrus I
The rise of Iran as a major civilization and empire dates to the reign of ________.
Cyrus the Great
________ defeated the last Median king.
Cyrus the Great
Cyrus swiftly defeated the last __________ king in Mesopotamia.
Babylonian
What event symbolized the beginning of the Achaemenid Empire?
Cyrus defeating the last Babylonian king
Cyrus allowed the ______'s to return to to their Holy Land and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem.
Jews
Who subsequently extended Achaemenid rule in the east.
Cyrus
Cyrus was killed while fighting ______ tribes.
steppe
Cyrus's most notable legacy to his heirs was his readiness to rule through local ____ and institutions than imposing new political superstructures.
elites
Earlier in his career, Cyrus had moved his capital from Susa to ______
the old Median capital of Ecbatana.
Cyrus adopted so many Median administrative practices and employed so many Medes in his government that the Achaemenid rulers are referred to in the Bible and other sources as the "________ and _______"
Medes and Persians
Cyrus's successor
Cambyses
Who added Egypt to the Achaemenid dominions?
Cambyses
Who's reign was followed by a succession struggle and civil war from Babylonia to the Hindu Kush?
Cambyses
The winner of the succession struggle and civil war from Babylonia to the Hindu Kush
Darius I
Who enjoyed a prosperous reign in which the Achaemenid Empire reached its greatest extent?
Darius I
Darius's principal capitals
Susa and Persepolis
After 478 B.C.E., the Achaemenids found themselves militarily inferior to the ______
Greeks
Who was poisoned in a palace coup just as Philip of Macedon was unifying the Greeks?
Artaxerxes III
Philip's son was ______
Alexander
who ended Achaemenid rule?
Alexander
"King of Kings", the title of the Persian ruler.
Shahanshah
Governors of the provinces in the Persian Empire
satraps
An inscription of Darus reads: "... I am king by the will of _______"
Ahura Mazda
A ruler earned Ahura Mazda's trust though justice and _______.
uprightness
T or F: The Achaemenids were NOT tolerant of other cultural and religious traditions.
False
T or F: Darius's emphasis on Zoroastrianism ritual and theology did not bring forced conformity or conversion to the "state cult"
True
The Achaemenids built a powerful _____.
army
Much of the Achaemenids success lay in their administrative abilities and willingness to ______ from predecessors like the Medes or Babylonians.
borrow
True or False: The Achaemenid State evolved from a sophisticated monarchy into a tribal confederation.
False, other way around
Who called the greatest of the highways "the King's Road?"
Herodotus
The Achaemanid court rotated among a series of palaces and never had a single, fixed _______.
capital
Who induced a coin-based monetary system in Lydia?
Croesus
Coinage was used to pay part of the workers wages in the construction of _______.
Persepolis
Coinage displaced in-kind payment altogether under _______.
Darius
_______ simulated banking operations.
coinage
________ remained the basic industry and normal occupation of free men.
agriculture
serfs and _____ formed most of the labor force.
slaves
Common language of the Near East under Assyrians
Aramic
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