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The Rise of New Empires
By:
Group 5 — Matthew Ballweg
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AssyriansA Semitic-speaking people who exploited the use of iron
weapons to establish an empire by 700 B.C.
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NebuchadnezzarChaldean king that made Babylonia the leading
state in Western Asia after the collapse of the Assyrian Empire.
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PersiansIndo-Europeans who lived in what is today southwestern Iran. Primarily nomadic, the
Persians were eventually unified by one family.
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CyrusMember of the Persian family that created a powerful Persian state that stretched from Asia Minor to India. Ruled from 559 B.C. to 530 B.C.
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DariusRuled from 521 B.C. to 486 B.C. Added a new
Persian province in western India and then conquered Thrace in Europe.
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SatrapiesDarius strengthened the Persian government by
dividing the empire into 20 provinces called satrapies.
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SatrapA governor of each province
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Royal RoadRoad that stretched from Lydia to Susa, the empire’s
chief capital. Officials could easily travel on this road and roads similar to this road.
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ImmortalsThe Persian army’s cavalry force and elite infantry
force. Known as Immortals because whenever a member was killed, he was replaced immediately.
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MonarchyPersian rule by a king or queen.
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ZoroastrianismThe Persian’s religion. Named after their religious
leader, Zoroaster who was born in 660 B.C.