Chapter+7+Work

Vocab: Achaemenid- First great Persian empire (558-330 BCE), which began under Cyrusand reaches its peaked under Darius Seleucid-Persian empire(323-83 BCE) founded by Seleucus after the deathof Alexander the Great. Parthian-Persian dynasty (247 BCE-224 CE) that reached its peak under Mithradates 1. Sassanid- Later powerful Persian dynasty (224-651) that would reach its peak under Shapur 1 and later fall to Arabic expansion Satrapy-

Chapter 7 Questions

1. Cyrus had rules Achamenid from 558-530 BCE, who also lunched the Persians' imperial venture. In some ways Cyrus wasn't fit for this job. Cyrus came from a mountainus region in southwestern Iran, in refrence to the region his contemporaries had often calle dhim Cyrus the Shepherd. But nonetheless proved to be tough, and a leader with outstanding military strategies. His conquests led to the foundation of the Persian Empire, or also known as the Achamenid Empire claimed by the desendants from Cyrus's Achemenid Clan. Cyrus then had become king of the of all Persian tribes in 558 bce which he ruled from Pasargadae. In 553 bce he initiated a rebellion against his Median overlord, and won within three years. By 548 bce Cyrus had conqured all of Iran, then begane to look for opportunities to expand his kingdom. In 546 bce he had conquered one of the most powerful kingdoms, Lydia, in Anatolia. He then had seized Babylonia, whos states had immediatly made Cyrus thier lord.

2.Alexander the Great invaded Persia with an army of 48,000 battle hardened Macedonians. Even though the armies were smaller than the Persian armies the Macedonians had were well disaplined and carried more sophisticated military tactics than thier opponents. In 331 bce Alexander had shattered the Achemenid forces and and destroyed the empire foounded by Cyrus. Alexander than led his forces into Persepolis, took the wealth and food, paid his respects to the tomb of Cyrus, then had called himself hier to the Achemenid rulers. Alexander had kept moving his forces foward never stopping and never lost a battle. He conquered many empires and then became ruler himself. But after Alexander had died no one was was hier to all the kingdoms then. The government that was set up after Alexander's death couldn't agree on anything so eventually the kingdom that Alexander the Great had conquered and created had fell apart.

Chapter 8

Vocab: Confucianism-Philosophy, based on the teachings of the Chinese phiolosopher Kong Fuzi, or Confucius, that emphasizes order, the role of gentleman, obligationto society, and reciprocity Daoism-Chinese philosophy with orgins in the Zhou Dynasty; it is associated with legendary philospher Laozi, and it called for a policy of inaction. Legalism-Chinese philosophy from the Zhou Dynasty that called for harsh supression of the common people Qin Shihuangdi- Han Wudi- Li- Great Wall-