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1 By: Tim, Alex, Gino, and Henry

2  Food: They ate stews made from meat, and fruits with herbs, and rice and bread from wheat.  Apricots, artichokes, eggplants, lemons, oranges, pistachios, spinach, and staffron all came to Europe through Persia

3  Kings and queens wore golden ornaments, with accessories like golden loops.  Common people wore coats and pants made of leather that covered the whole body

4 550 BC - The Persian or Achaemenid Empire was first founded around this time, Cyrus the Great becomes king of Persia 539 BC - Cyrus of Persia sacks Babylon. 530 BC - Cambyses becomes king of Persia. 530 BC - Cambyses of Persia conquers Egypt at the battle of Pelusium. 522 BC - Cambyses dies and civil War erupts in Persia. 490 BC - Darius of Persia attacks mainland Greece. 485 BC - Darius dies and Xerxes becomes king of Persia 480 BC - The Greeks expels the Persians from Europe 465 BC - Artaxerxes I Longimanus becomes king of Persia 424 BC - Xerxes II becomes king of Persia

5 404 BC - Artaxerxes II Mnemon becomes king of Persia 358 BC - Artaxerxes III Ochus becomes king of Persia 336 BC - Darius Codomannus becomes king of Persia 334 BC - Alexander defeats the Persian army at the Dardanelles 333 BC - Alexander invades the Persian empire from Syria to Palestine 521 BC – Darius becomes king of Persia and expand it beyond the Indus river.

6 331 BC - Alexander the Great conquers Persia and destroys Persepolis, ending the Achaemenid dynasty 330 BC - Alexander the Great established what was called the Seleucid Empire after Alexander's general. 329 BC -Artaxerxes V dies, last of the Achaemenians 323 BC -Alexander the Great dies at Babylon and his empire is carved into three empires: Cassander rules over Greece and Macedonia, Lysimachus rules over Thracia and Asia Minor, Ptolemy rules over Egypt, Judea, Syria, Mesopotamia and India 170 BC - The Selucids rein ended and the empire were called the Sassinids. 226 AD - The Sassinids were defeated by Arab caliphs. 651 AD - Persian empire ended

7  Cyrus the Great: Became king of the Persians in 559 BC  In 560 BC Cyrus led his armies against Medes, and effectively conquering the Median Empire, this was the start of his wars  549 BC, he founded the first empire

8 SHORT: less of everything, mountains, soil, trading, sea, food, and smaller country LONG: Countries became toegther, mountains grew, new trade routes, bigger sea, better and newer food, and bigger country

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11 Maps: http://www.britam.org/achaemenids.html "Cam Rea: "WERE THE EARLY GREAT KINGS OF PERSIA ISRAELITES?"" Brit-Am Lost Ten Tribes. Web. 21 Sept. 2010..http://www.britam.org/achaemenids.html  http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/maps/ig/Ancient-World-- Maps/Persian-Empire-Map.-_QT.htm Gill, By N.s. "Map of the Extent of Persia in 490 B.C." Ancient / Classical History - Ancient Greece & Rome & Classics Research Guide. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.. http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/maps/ig/Ancient-World-- Maps/Persian-Empire-Map.-_QT.htm  http://www.dusharm.com/content/view/4/2/ "Persian Empire." Dusharm Dream of Persia. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.. http://www.dusharm.com/content/view/4/2/

12 http://www.bible- history.com/maps/maps/map_persian_empire.htmlhttp://www.bible- history.com/maps/maps/map_persian_empire.html "Map of the Persian Empire - 550-486 B.C. (Bible History Online)." Bible History Online Images and Resources for Biblical History. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.. Images: http://karenswhimsy.com/persian-clothing.shtm "Persian Clothing." Original Contemporary Art :: Karen's Whimsy. Web. 21 Sept. 2010..http://karenswhimsy.com/persian-clothing.shtm

13 Timeline: http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/persians.htmlhttp://www.scaruffi.com/politics/persians.html http://www.worldology.com/Iraq/persian_sassanid_empire.htmhttp://www.worldology.com/Iraq/persian_sassanid_empire.htm "A Timeline of the Persians." Piero Scaruffi's Knowledge Base. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.. Images:  http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=active&biw=1276&bih =615&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=persian+empire+flag&aq=2 &aqi=g4g-m1&aql=&oq=persian+empire+&gs_rfai= "Persian Empire Flag - Google Search." Google. Web. 21 Sept. 2010.. http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=active&biw=1276&bih =615&gbv=2&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=persian+empire+flag&aq=2 &aqi=g4g-m1&aql=&oq=persian+empire+&gs_rfai= 


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