1. Chapter 4 Section 3 Notes

2. I. The Rise of Persia

3. A. Had its beginnings in what today is Iran

4. B. Formed kingdom on tolerance and diplomacy

5. C. Abundance of natural resources

6. 1. Metals

7. D. Cyrus the Great becomes Persia’s first empire builder in 550 B.C.

8. Cyrus the Great

9. 1. Extended his empire from Anatolia to Indus River

10. 2. Allowed conquered peoples to keep their customs and religions

11. 3. Allowed the Jews to return to their homeland

12. Persian Kings In Bible History
Common Name
B.C. Date
Name In Persian
Name In Bible
Bible References
Cyrus
Koorush
Isaiah 45, Daniel, Ezra 1-3
Cambysses
Cambujieh
Ahasruerus
Ezra 4-6
Pseudo Smerdis
521
Berooyeh Doroughi
Artaxerxes
Ezra 4:7-23
Darius the Great
Darryoosh
Darius
Ezra 5,6
Xerxes
Khashayarshah
Ahasurerus
Esther 1-10
Artaxerxes I
Ardeshier Deraz Dast
Nehemiah , Ezra 7-10

13. II. Persian Rule and Religion

14. 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

15. B. Darius succeeds Cambyses and for his first three years he has to put down rebellions

16. Darius I

17. City of Persepolis

18. 1. Darius was a former body guard of the king and had the support of the military elite called the Ten Thousand Immortals

19. 2. Darius did have a secret police like our CIA called, The Eyes and
2. Darius did have a secret police like our CIA called, The Eyes and Ears of the King

20. 3. Darius and his son Xerxes only had one failure, their inability to defeat the Greeks

21. Xerxes Son of Darius
Xerxes Hall of 100 columns >

22. 4. Darius divided his kingdom into 20 provinces

23. 1. He placed governors called Satraps in each province

24. 5.Built the Royal Road some 1677 miles long

25. 6. Copied the use of coins from the Lydian’s

26. C. Persian prophet and religious reformer Zoroaster starts the Persian religion Zoroastrianism

27. 1. God of Truth and Light, Ahura Mazda

28. 2. God of Evil and Darkness, Ahriman

29. 3. Religious book called the Avesta

30. 4. Developed concept of Heaven and Hell from Judaism