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I. The Rise of the Persian Empire A. B. C. D. Conquered Babylon Conquered Egypt, Western India, Thrace Built roads to connect empire Built roadside stations- provided food, shelter, and fresh horses for messengers E. Allowed Jews to return home F. United Persia G. Treated subjects well II. What was the Persian Government Like? A. divided empire into 20 states- too big to manage- satrapies B. government paid full-time soldiers C. 10,000 trained soldiers to guard king III. The Persian Religion A. B. C. D. Zoroastrianism- believed in one god God- supreme being- creator- good Evil was also in the world Human had freedom to choose between right and wrong Satrapies- states- empire was divided into these to manage Satrap- official that rules the smaller state- collected taxes, judge, chief of police and recruited soldiers for army. Nomad- Someone who moves from place to place, with no permanent home Empire- land conquered by one group of people and under the control of a central government Why did Darius create satrapies? The Persian Empire was too large to manage so he divided it up and each state was manage by an official. Marathon- Battle of Marathon happened hereBattle of Marathon summary 20,000 Persian soldiers waited at Marathon for Athenians to attack 10,000 Athenian soldiers- did not attack Persian soldiers prepared to sail to Athens to attack there Persian soldiers on horses boarded ships first Persian foot soldiers left undefended and vulnerable Athenian army attacked and won Thermopylae- narrow pass through the mountains- Greeks cut off the Persians here- Greeks lost battle Salamis- Greek fleet attacked Persians at this strait- because Persian ships were so big and difficult to move in the narrow area- they lost. Strait- narrow strip of water between 2 pieces of land Xerxes- Persian King- son of Darius Themistocles- Athenian general- came up with a plan to fight the Persians His plan- Persians were marching to Greece- plan was to cut off food supplies to the Persian army What led to the Persian Wars? Persians and Greeks were rivals- each wanted more land- land close to each other- fought for power. How did the Persian Empire bring together such a wide area? They conquered the land- Babylon, Egypt, Western India, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Asia Minor, Thrace What role did Athens and Sparta play in defeating the Persians? They united and fought together against the Persians.