1.Who united the Persians into a powerful kingdom that built an empire larger than any yet seen in the world?
2.Who came to the Persian throne in 521 B.C. and reorganized the government into satrapies (area that protected the king)?
3.What was the Persian religion called?
4.What was the name of the plain on which the Greeks defeated the Persians?
5.Who became the Persian king after Darius died?
6.Who lost the battle at Thermopylae, the Persians or the Greeks?
7.Where in early 479 B.C. did the Greek army crush the Persian army?(NW Athens)
8. What are the two reasons the Persian Empire fell?
November 12
Periods 1,2 & 5
Complete Study Guide 4.2
Section 2: Sparta and Athens 124-130
1.Before 500 B.C. Greece was ruled by ____________who were people who took power by force and ruled with total authority.
2.By 500 B.C. city states became either oligarchies where a few people hold power, or ______________in which all citizens share in running the government.
3.What were the names of the two most powerful governments and city-states of early Greece?
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