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Persia
• Located in SW Iran• Warrior and nomads who heard cattle• Cyrus the Great—builds large empire• Treats captives fairly• Empire is about the size of US
Darius
• 521 BC• Organizes gov’t to make more efficient• Empire is divided into 20 provinces– Called Satrapies– Ruled by official call satrap—protector of the
Kingdom
• Satrap is tax collector, judge, chief of police and head army recruiter
• Paid Army
Religion
• Zoroastrianism-Monotheistic• Supreme being
Battle of Marathon
• 490 BC Persians land 20,000 Soldiers• Short distance from Athens• 10,000 Greeks• Wait, Persian general is impatient• Leads strongest soldiers 1st
• Greeks charge and destroy weak soldiers• Darius dies in 486 BC Xerxes-son takes over
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