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Persian Empire

Published on Feb 09, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TRY TO FIND THE DOG

This is what it looks like

HELLO

Welcome to the Persian Empire

⛺️BACKGROUND⛺️

  • Arrived in the Iranian plateau
  • Between 1500 and 1000 BCE
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🇲🇽Founding🇲🇽
Cyrus tried to conquer Medes for over a decade and succeeded.e

📊Organization📊

Everyone in the Persian empire shared ideas with each other

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🙏🏼RELIGION🙏🏼

  • Ruling class followed Zoroastrianism
  • Ahura Mazda=Light and Truth god
  • Ahrman=Darkness and Evil god
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🚂TRADE🚂

  • Persians built baking houses on trade routes
  • They built many roads and built two for royal messengers
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🏂Decline/Fall🏂
Greeks defeated the Persians
General Themistolles defeated the Persian fleet

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😏FUN FACTS😏

  • The word "check" came from the Persian empire
  • Athens supported a Persian rebellion
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GOOD BYE!

Thanks for watching
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GODDESS TEMPLE