The Rise of Persia
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Present-day Iran
Between Mesopotamia and the Indus River
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Four Persian empires rose and fell
Achaemenid (558-330 BCE)
Seleucid (323-83 BCE)
Parthian (247 BCE-224 CE)
Sassanid's (224-651)
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The Achaemenid Empire (558-330 BCE)
Medes and the Persians two major ethnic groups
Cyrus the Achaemenid (558-530 BCE)
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The Achaemenid Empire
Cambesis (530-522 BCE)
Darius I (521-486 BCE)
Darius I
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The Achaemenid Empire
Strong Infrastructure
Royal Road
Courier system
Persepolis
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Decline of the Achaemenid Empire
Xerxes
Wars with Greece
Alexander
Collapse
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The Seleucid Empire (323-83 BCE)
Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE
Established by Seleucus
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The Seleucid Empire
Greek and Persian cultures
Problems
Collapse
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The Parthian Empire 247 BCE-224 CE)
The Parthians
Expansion
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The Parthian Empire
Continued policies of Achaemenids
Conflicts with Roman Empire
Collapse
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The Sassanid Empire (224-651 CE)
Rise
Ongoing border disputes with the Roman Empire
Conquered by the Arabs in 651
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Social structure
Clans
Rise of trained bureaucracy
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Social structure
Free classes
Slaves
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Economy
Qanat
High agricultural production
Infrastructure encouraged trade
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Religion
Rise of Zoroastrianism
Ahura Mazda vs. Angra Mainyu
Influences
Toleration
Zoroastrianism