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Please take out your outlines for your outline quiz! BJOTD: What kind of fruit studies all the time?
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Made by the non infamous: Alex Cherpes!
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Location: city-state in northern Mesopotamia Egypt Syria Palestin e Babyloni a Anatolia
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Land was governed by: Assyrian officials or Assyrian-chosen leaders Tribute: payment given to a stronger nation by a weaker nation
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Conquered by the Chaldean and Medes people in 612 BCE
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Location: Modern Day Iran Great Farmland and rich in mineral resources Examples: Copper, Lead, Gold, blue lapis
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Iran Fertile Crescent Anatolia
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Used the 10,000 immortals (bodyguard army) to take control after Darius
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Greece
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Satrapies Satraps: reported directly to Darius
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Royal Road: 1600 miles long and connected the entire empire Coined money—standard for entire empire
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What amenities could you find on the road? How long would it take you to get from Turkey to Iran on the road? Why was the road so important? What did it help to improve?
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Zoroastrianism Zoroaster: prophet (600 BCE) Two armies fought over a person’s soul Ahura Mazda: god of truth and light Ahriman/Ahura Mainyu: god of evil and darkness “Judgment Day” at the end of one’s life Paradise….or a fiery pit, depending on how you lived your life Holy Book: Avesta
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