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Chapter 4 Section 3 Notes
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I. The Rise of Persia
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A. Had its beginnings in what
today is Iran
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B. Formed kingdom on tolerance and
diplomacy
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C. Abundance of natural resources
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1. Metals
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D. Cyrus the Great becomes Persia’s
first empire builder in 550 B.C.
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Cyrus the Great
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2. Allowed conquered peoples
to keep their customs and
religions
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3. Allowed the Jews to return to their
homeland
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Persian Kings In Bible History
Common NameB.C. Date
Name In Persian
Name In Bible
Bible References
Cyrus539-530
Koorush CyrusIsaiah 45, Daniel, Ezra 1-3
Cambysses
530-521
CambujiehAhasruerus
Ezra 4-6
Pseudo Smerdis
521Berooyeh Doroughi
Artaxerxes
Ezra 4:7-23
Darius the Great
521-486
Darryoosh Darius Ezra 5,6
Xerxes486-465
Khashayarshah
Ahasurerus
Esther 1-10
Artaxerxes I
464-423
Ardeshier Deraz Dast
Artaxerxes
Nehemiah 1 - 13, Ezra 7-10
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II. Persian Rule and Religion
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A. Cambyses was the son of Cyrus and was a terrible ruler only lasting five years and creating rebellions in
the empire including the conquered lands of Egypt
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B. Darius succeeds Cambyses and for his first three years he has to put down
rebellions
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Darius I
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City of Persepolis
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1. Darius was a former body guard of the king and had the
support of the military elite called the Ten
Thousand Immortals
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2. Darius did have a secret police like
our CIA called, The Eyes and Ears of
the King
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3. Darius and his son Xerxes only had one failure, their inability to
defeat the Greeks
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Xerxes Son of Darius
Xerxes Hall of 100 columns >
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4. Darius divided his kingdom into 20
provinces
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1. He placed governors called Satraps in each
province
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5.Built the Royal Road some 1677
miles long
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6. Copied the use of coins from the
Lydian’s
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C. Persian prophet and religious
reformer Zoroaster starts the Persian
religion Zoroastrianism
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1. God of Truth and Light, Ahura Mazda
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2. God of Evil and Darkness, Ahriman
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3. Religious book called the Avesta
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4. Developed concept of Heaven
and Hell from Judaism