1. LESSON #10:
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE

3. PERSIAN KINGS WERE THOUGHT TO BE WORKING FOR THE PERSIAN GOD.

4. KING CYRUS
KING DARIUS
KING XERXES

5. THEN THEY CHOSE LOCAL PEOPLE TO BE THE OFFICIALS. WHY?
THEY BUILT AND EMPIRE WITH 35 MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE KING IN CHARGE AND A GOVERNOR IN EACH PROVINCE (CALLED A SATRAP).
THEN THEY CHOSE LOCAL PEOPLE TO BE THE OFFICIALS. WHY?

6. WHY ALLOW LOCAL CONTROL?
YOU NEED THE LOCALS JUST LIKE A PRINCIPAL NEEDS HER ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS NEED THE TEACHERS.

7. AHURA MAZDA AND THE FIRST TO BELIEVE IN ONLY ONE GOD (MONOTHEISM):
POLYTHEISM (BELIEF IN MANY GODS)
AHURA MAZDA

10. GIANNA LOMBARDO IS THE BEST STUDENT
EVER

12. -THE PERSIAN EMPIRE WAS THE FIRST TO MAKE GOLD COINS

14. THE PERSIAN ROYAL ROAD: 1700 MILES LONG

15. THE PERSIAN ROYAL ROAD:
1700 MILES LONG
WHY BUILD ROADS?
TO MARCH THE TROOPS ON
TO GET SUPPLIES
FOR A POSTAL SERVICE
TO SEND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

17.  “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor darkness of night,”

18. THE PERSIAN EMPIRE WOULD TAX ITS SUBJECTS

20. THE PERSIAN EMPIRE ALSO BUILT A CANAL LINIKING THE NILE RIVER TO THE RED SEA
IRRIGATION

21. PERSEPOLIS

22. MAJOR CITY: PERSEPOLIS

24. ARABIC WRITING IS READ
FROM RIGHT TO LEFT