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AFTER MIDTERM
WK 1- CLASSICAL SOCIETY - PERSIAN EMPIRES
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Undergraduate 1
10/05/2009

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Term
CLASSICAL SOCIETIES-DESCRIPTIONS
Definition

LARGER POPULATIONS

LARGER TERRITORIES AND STATES

LARGER SOCIAL CLASSES

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

SPECIALIZATION OF LABORS TRADE SOPHISTICATED CULTURAL RITUALS

Term
CLASSICAL SOCIETIES-PLACES
Definition

PERSIA

CHINA

INDIA

GREECE

ROME

MEDITERRANEAN

Term
PERSIA
Definition
1000 BCE-1000 CE
Term
PERSIAN CLIMATE
Definition
NORTHERN-WELL FERTILE CENTRAL-DRY
Term
PERSIAN MIGRATION
Definition

PRE-1000 BCE MEDES AND PERSIANS (INDO EUROPEANS)

-LIVED UNDER LOOSE RULE FROM BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS

-6TH C BCE MEDES OVERTHROW THE ASSYRIANS

Term
EMPIRES
Definition

CYRUS THE ACHAEMENID [558-530]

 

DARIUS THE GREAT [521-486]

Term
CYRUS THE ACHAEMENID
Definition
[558-530 BCE]
Term
CYRUS THE ACHAEMENID 553 BCE
Definition
LEADS REVOLT OF NOBLES AGAINST MEDES
Term
CYRUS THE ACHAEMENID 548
Definition
LARGE EMPIRE BY 548 BCE
Term
CAMBYSES
Definition
CYRUS THE ACHAEMENID'S SON WHO CONTINUES THE REIGN
Term
ACHAEMENID EMPIRE BELIEFS
Definition
THE EMPIRE TOLERATED AND ACCOMODATED LOCAL BELIEFS
Term
DARIUS THE GREAT ADMINISTRATOR
Definition
[521-486]
Term
DARIUS THE GREAT- CHARACTERISTICS
Definition

-CENTRALIZED ADMINISTRATION

-LEADS REVOLT AGAINST CAMBUSES AND BECOMES NEW RULER

Term
DARIUS THE GREAT-ADMINISTRATION
Definition

-HAS STRONG IDEAS ABOUT PERSIAN GOVERNMENT

-BUILDS CAPITAL CITY (PERSEPOLIS)

-BALANCED CENTRAL POWER & LOCAL INTEREST

Term
DARIUS THE GREAT - TITLES THAT RULERS GET
Definition

SATRAPS

- REGIONS SATRAPIES

- GOVERNORS (APPOINTED BY KING OF KING)

-BY SPIES (TO SPY ON LEADERS)

 -BY TAXES AND LAWS

-BY INFRASTRUCTURE

-BY TOLERANCE AND SENSITIVITY

Term
XERXES
Definition

[485-465 BCE]

 

NOT TOLERANT

 

HARD CORE PERSIAN

Term
PERSIAN WARS
Definition
LASTED [500-479 BCE]
Term
PERSIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURES
Definition

-SIMILAR TO ASSYRANS (LOCAL; CLAN LIKE)

-COSMOPOLITIAN EMPIRE

(INCREASED COMPEXITY; DIVERSE PEOPLE; SOMETHING DIFF)

-BUREAUCRATS ARE NEW ELITE (OVER WARRIORS)

-FREE PEOPLE (MAJORITY ARE FREE)

Term
FREE PEOPLE IN PERSIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURES
Definition

-LIVE IN CITIES (CRAFTSMAN; TEMPLES)

-LIVE IN COUNTRYSIDE (QANAT)

-AGRICULTURE IS THE BASIS OF ECONOMY

Term
TRADE IN PERSIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Definition

-POLITICAL STABILITY

-STABILITY INCREASES TRADE

-STADNARDIZED COINS AND BANKS

-STD BANKING BRINGS BALANCE IN VALUES IN ALL REGIONS

-TRADING ROUTES INCREASES MOVEMENT OF GOOD ALL OVER THE EMPIRE

Term
SLAVES IN PERSIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Definition

-POW'S

 

-DEBTORS

 

-LARGE PERCENTAGE WERE CHILDREN

Term
PERSIAN RELIGION
Definition
ZOROASTRAINISM
Term
ZOROASTRAIARISM
Definition

-INDO EUROPEAN RELIGION

-SIMILAR TO ARYANS

-PRIEST (BRAHMANS)

-LIKE INDIAS

Term
ZOROASTRAIRISM GOD
Definition
ZARATHUSTRA
Term
ZOROASTRIARISM BELIEF
Definition

DUALISM

- AHURA MAZDA G00D GOD AND ANGRA MAINYU BAD GOD;

-12K YEAR BATTLE BETWEEN THE GOOD GOD AND BAD GOD;

0GOOD GOD WINS

Term
ZOROASTRIARISM BELIEFS 2
Definition

-HAS ELEMENT OF JUDGEMENT

-WHEN BATTLE IS OVER EVERYONE WILL BE PUNISHED OR REWARDED ACCORDINGLY

-GOOD WORDS

-GOOD THOUGHTS

-GOOD DEEDS

-PICKED UP BY DARIUS AND PERSIAN NOBILITY

Term
PERSIAN RELIGION 2
Definition

WIDER INFLUENCE ON OTHER RELIGIONS AS JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM

-HIGHER MORAL STDS

-SUPERNATURAL FORCES (GOOD VS EVIL)

-INDIVIDUAL JUDGEMENT

-REWARDS AND PUNISHMENT

-GOOD WILL WINS IN THE END

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