Do Now Part I

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Do Now Part I

• What is the difference in Hurricane Categories?
• http//www.foxnews.com/weather/interactive/2012/03
  /13/saffir-simpson-hurricane/

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Do Now Part II

• Get into the following groups
• Alex Clement
• Kyle Steve
• Joe Jerry
• Toby Edison
• As a group, come up with 5 important things that
  you learned about Persia and the Persian Empire

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Do Now Part II

• As a group, come up with 5 important things that
  you learned about Persia and the Persian Empire.
  Did you cover
• Persias wealth comes from copper, lead, silver,
  gold and other minerals.
• Cyrus the Great and that he was a kind leader? He
  helped the Jews rebuild the temple.
• Cambyses replaced his father Cyrus and did not
  rule with kindness. He had religious sites burnt
  which caused anger.
• Cambyses was succeeded by Darius. He had to
  re-gain control of the empire by putting down the
  revolts, then he focused on Afghanistan then to
  India. He increased the size of the empire, but
  never conquered Greece

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Last Nights Homework

• Read pages 99-103 and identify the terms
• Cyrus
• Indo-European
• Nationalities
• Royal Road
• Cambyses
• Darius
• Satrap
• Kings eyes ears
• Zoroaster
• Pull out the work and show me

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Tonights Homework

• Read pages 104-106.
• Define the following terms
• Confucius
• Filial piety
• Bureaucracy
• Daoism
• Legalism

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Persia

• The map of Persia

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Persia

• Darius was a great military leader, but he is
  better known for his ability to administer the
  empire.
• We already discussed some issues with a large
  empire. What are some of the challenges?
• Remaining in touch with all parts of the empire
• Avoiding revolt while still enforcing laws
• Trade

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Persia

• Darius he encouraged people to continue to
  practice their faith, also keep their language
  and customs. This was known as nationalities.
• Each providence had a governor called a satrap.
  The governor enforced Dariuss rule.
• To ensure his rule was being followed, he sent
  inspectors which were known as the Kings eyes
  ears.

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Persia

• To enable greater control and contact, the
  Persian Empire built roads. The most famous was
  called the Royal Road.
• It went from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatoli,
  about 1,677 miles.
• Darius also coined money which standardized
  currency. This ended weighing gold or silver or
  bartering.

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Persia

• Over 2500 years people dealt with war (lots of
  them!), famine and other disasters.
• People began to question who and why there was so
  much chaos.
• The Persian Prophet Zoroaster declared that earth
  was the battleground for good and bad spirits. He
  preached that the God Ahura Mazda.
• His teachings are found in Judaism, Christianity
  Islam

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Persia

• Islam took control of Persia around 600 AD,
  (Cyrus took control around 530 BC).
• The impact of the Persian Empire was overall
  positive. They brought order to southwest Asia.
• The empire last about 200 years. When the leaders
  followed Cyruss tolerance, people generally
  brought peace and cooperation