History Quiz

In 500 B.C., a talented king named _______ the Great built a strong army. Became one of the largest in the ancient world.

Cyrus held his growing empire by treating _______ peoples _______. Allowed people to maintain their own practices.

Persians improved the network of _______. The _______ Road ran about 1600 miles from Persia to Anatolia.

Darius I, who ruled in Persia from 522 to 486 B.C., reorganized the government. He divided the empire into provinces called ______. Each was ruled by a governor called a ______.

Jobs—collected ______, judged legal cases, managed ______, recruited soldiers.

Persia had a full-time, paid, professional army. Best fighters were known as ______ because when a member died another one was brought in. 10,000 best fighters trained to guard the king.

The Persian religion was called ________. Founded by Zoroaster.

He taught that there was ________ supreme god. Called ________ ________ or "________ ________".

In 490 B.C., Darius sent a fleet of ________ ships and an army to invade Greece. They landed at ________.

This made Persians sail directly to Athens and attack by sea. They began loading their ships with their strongest units -- the ________.