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| who cyrus the great and what camels do |
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the best no slaves persia
camels smell bad so horses got upset |
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| - Married both Cambyses widow and Cyrus’s daughter. Bardiya killed by Darius claimed he was imposter. Married Bardiya’s widow. |
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| - A province governed by a local ruler (governor) |
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| How effective was the royal road? |
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| - could quickly carry messages ( 1,000 miles in a week) |
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| 3. What was a cataphract? |
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| horsemen with protective armor consisting of iron scales sewn on leather shirts |
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| 8ft iron tip thrusting spear, short iron sword, large shield, helmet, iron-scale armor |
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| what was No Roz? What were its elements? |
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| - A Persian festival. On first day of spring which is New Year’s Day. Spring cleaning, 12 days of celebration with foods (pastry, cookies, fresh and dried fruits and special nuts on hand, as you typically serve your visitors with these items with tea or sherbet) gifts, and new clothes |
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| - Darius made the capital Persepolis. Raised on a platform, had sewage system, high and thick walls, halls with decorated columns |
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| who Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were? |
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| - Ahura is the all-powerful God, Ahriman is the evil spirit of violence and death who opposes him and lives in hell |
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| - Priestly class who hands down the oral teachings of Zoroastrianism |
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| - The main oral text – body of liturgical texts magi used in religious ceremonies |
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| what happened when Darius sends messengers to Athens and Sparta to ask them for tribute? |
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| - Asking for earth and water they were thrown into a dry well |
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| What happened at the Battle of Marathon? |
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- Darius invasion. First Persian fleet wrecked. Second force of 20,000 destroyed by the Greeks at Marathon 6,000 Persians to 192 Greeks die.
- Persians invade Greeks surrounded them and they ran away |
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| what happened at Thermopylae? |
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| - Xerxes VS Leonidas & Spartans |
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| At the Battle of Salamis? |
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| - Greeks defeat Persian navy |
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| Who is Phillip II of Macedon, what areas did he conquer |
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- Unified Macedonia and gave it a good army
- Conquered Greek city-states to the south |
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| Who were the Parthians? Were they allies of the Romans |
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- Stretched from eastern turkey to eastern Iran, formally renewed the Persian Empire in Ctesiphon
- First diplomatic contact with China made silk road and they are rich bc trade
- Allies for like two seconds then he got offended lol |
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| was Minoan Linear A? Linear B? Which can we read? |
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- Linear A is 100s of signs represent syllabic, ideographic, and semantic NOT deciphered
- Linear B is syllabic Mycanaean Greek descended from A YES deciphered |
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| What story does the Iliad and Odyssey tell? |
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- Helen – daughter from Zeus raping her mom Lena as a swan lol
- Helen forced to marry human by her human dad to King of Sparta Menelaus
- Helen shot by cupid falls in love with Paris- prince of Troy- they run away together
- Her old husband invade troy 70-130 thousand warriors
- Troy surrounded for 9 years
- Achilles drags a dead guy around then they leave a horse and pretend to go away |
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| who was Heinrich Schliemann? What did he discover? |
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| - German- American adventurer discovered Troy and treasure from Troy |
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| - City-states and large rural areas.--- independent city-states which controlled surrounding villages |
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| What were the three types of Greek political organization? Which did the Greeks feel was the least efficient? |
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- Monarchy – one person rule
- Oligarchy – rule by well born class
- Democracy- rule by citizens
(least effectie) |
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| why did the Greeks begin colonization? Where did they go? |
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| - Overpopulation and lack of land. - Sicily, Italy, France, Spain, North Africa. |
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| - Made all Spartans equal- made a helot class to do work- put Sparta on continuous war footing |
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| How did Sparta train their military? |
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| - Boys start training at 7, men serve until 30, reserves until 60, women train but no join |
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| What was Sparta’s political system? |
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| - Power divided between Council of Elders (30 members), a Board of Overseers (5 members), and hereditary kings (2). |
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| what were Solon’s reforms? |
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| - 590 BCE banned enslavement for debt. Started economy based on free framers and eliminated all debts. Citizens served the state. Beginning of a democracy. |
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| Who could vote in Athens? Who could not? |
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- Male could vote
- Women and children could not vote nor slaves |
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