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Chapter 7- Persia: Flashcard Quiz | HIST - World History, Quizzes of World History

Class: HIST - World History; Subject: History; University: Lord Fairfax Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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2010/2011

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TERM 1
Name the 4 ruling dynasties.
DEFINITION 1
AchaemenidsSeleucidsParthiansSasanids
TERM 2
Who started the Achaemenid empire?
DEFINITION 2
Cyrus
TERM 3
What was the Archaemenid capital?
DEFINITION 3
Persepolis
TERM 4
Darius divided the realm into __ satrapies.
DEFINITION 4
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TERM 5
What's the name of the most famous Persian
road?
DEFINITION 5
the Persian Royal Road
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Name the 4 ruling dynasties.

AchaemenidsSeleucidsParthiansSasanids

TERM 2

Who started the Achaemenid empire?

DEFINITION 2

Cyrus

TERM 3

What was the Archaemenid capital?

DEFINITION 3

Persepolis

TERM 4

Darius divided the realm into __ satrapies.

DEFINITION 4

TERM 5

What's the name of the most famous Persian

road?

DEFINITION 5

the Persian Royal Road

What's a qanat?

an underground canal

TERM 7

Who beat the Achaemenid Empire?

DEFINITION 7

Alexander the Great

TERM 8

Why did the Seleucids go downhill?

DEFINITION 8

They were foreigners, so they were rejected by their people.

TERM 9

____ made the Parthians' horses stronger.

DEFINITION 9

alfalfa

TERM 10

What was the capital of the Parthian empire?

DEFINITION 10

Ctesiphon