TERM 1
Phoenicians
DEFINITION 1
Levant Arra( Modern Lebanon) Murex Snail--purple dye
Commerce -trade-sailors Alphabet- 22 consanents Carthage-
Key Colony
TERM 2
Persian
empire
DEFINITION 2
Achaemenid---Empire Reined by Cyrus the Great Lydia
Conquered Canbyses takes Egypt Greek Ionian Revolt Battle
of Marathon Xerces invades Greece
TERM 3
satrapy
DEFINITION 3
was the name given to the governors of the provinces of the
ancient Median and Achaemenid (Persian) Empires and in
several of their successors, such as the Sassanid Empire and
the Hellenistic empires.
TERM 4
magi
DEFINITION 4
is a term, used since at least the 4th century BCE, to denote
a follower of Zoroaster, or rather, a follower of what the
Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was - in
the main - the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the
fate that the stars foretold.
TERM 5
Cyrus the Great
DEFINITION 5
reigned Persian Empire, conquered L ydia was distinguished
equally as a statesman and as a soldie r. By pursuing a policy of
generosity instead of repression, and by favoring local religions, he
was able to make his newly conquer ed subjects into enthusiastic
supporters. Due in part to the politica l infrastructure he created,
the Achaemenid empire endured lon g after his death.
