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Assyrians
Built Empire
Calvary
Conquered through terror
Transportation / communication good
But...empire not sustainable
Persians
Arose (modern iran)
600 B.C.-
King Cyrus defeated Babylon
539 B.C. -
Allowed Jews to return to homeland
Son, Cambyses
Defeated rest of mesopotamia
Son, darius - conquers Egypt
Huge persian empire…
Political Organization
Economic System
Moral Code
Intellectual Divisions
King / Emperor, Provinces - satrapies, satrip - prince / ruler of province
Farming trade, royal road - transport routers one currency
"Zoroastrianism, monotheistic good vs evil
Ahuramazda (good), Ahriman (evil), all humans must choose which path"
Love Poems, ballads, libraues
Threatening another great civilization ...Greece
Persian Wars
Persia vs Greece
400’s B.C.
Persians eventually defeated
Weakenend
300’s BC
Conquered by Alexander the great