An ancient empire in southwestern Asia in what is now Iran

A Persian leader who lead a successful revolt against the Medes; named by God to the prophet Isaiah hundreds of years before the leader's birth

The name of the Persian dynasty that began with Cyrus || (the Great)

The capital city of the Persian empire under the rule of Cyrus the Great and the place where Cyrus was buried

A cylinder seal found at an ancient Babylonian temple, contains a message about king Cyrus's respect for Marduk, the false god of Babylon but also parallels biblical accounts of Jews being allowed to rebuild the temple in Israel

Greek historian known as the father of history; wrote about Greco-Persian Wars

A special group of soldiers in ancient Persia who served as the king's personal body guard in time of peace; maintained an army of exactly 10,000 during battles; soldiers appeared never to die or be diminished

Persian Noble who helped put down a rebellion after Cambyses, son of Cyrus, died; third ruler of Persia

The coin used in the Persian empire that was named after Darius I.

The longest stone road in the Persian empire, stretching over 1,600 miles from Susa to Sardis

The capital city of ancient Persia after Darius came to power

A governor in Persia who ruled a particular province. This person was responsible for collecting tribute for king Darius and reporting to him

A province in ancient Persia

King of Persia and son of Xerxes who allowed the Israelites Ezra and Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem and rebuild its walls

A decorative Persian drinking vessel

An ancient plain in Greece; the site of the battle in which the Athenian rebel army defeated the Persian army

A race that is 26.2 miles long and named after a city in ancient Greece

King of Persia also called Ahasuerus, son of Darius

The strait between Asia Minor and ancient Greece; today called the Dardanelles; Persian king Xerxes ordered his soldiers to beat this water because a storm had destroyed his boats

Jewish woman who was chosen to be queen by King Xerxes (Ahasuerus) of Persia and whom God used to deliver His people from Haman's plot

The Hebrew name for the Persian king Xerxes as used in the book of Esther:

Persian official who plotted to destroy all the Jews:

A narrow mountain pass in Greece the site where the Greeks were defeated by the Persians

480 B.C.E. The battle that effectively ended the Persian war. The Greek fleet, although vastly outnumbered, defeated the Persian fleet. This helped end the Persian war, freeing Greece.

Who won the Battle of Salamis and how did they win?

Became ruler of Macedonia at the age of 22 and lead the Greek army in conquering many lands and spreading Greek culture; burned the city of Persepolis

A term describing Greek culture as it spread into other lands through Alexander the Great's conquests

The founder of Zoroastrianism in ancient Persia

The name for a priest in ancient Persia

The sacred writings of Zoroastrianism

The capital of Persia after Susa, built by Darius

The main religion of ancient Persia, founded by Zoraster

An artist's interpretation, as in a drawing or painting, of a place or an object from history; derived from interpretation of historic writings and artifacts

A map that depicts an event or course of events; has notes, symbols, and/or arrows to show movement and numbers of people involved

The sea that is east of Greece

A sea between Asia and southeastern Europe, located north of Asia Minor

Salt lake separating Europe and Asia; north of the Mediterranean

After Alexander's death, Persia came under the control of a family called what?

Art and coins that survived show that the Parthians had close contact with what group that had previously conquered them?

Dynasty that defeated the Parthians in ancient Persia; the last of the true kings of Persia; Persia achieved its greatest wealth during this period:

Artaxerxes I supplied the wood needed to build the city gates and sent letters to guarantee safety for this Jewish man who had been his cupbearer:

The cliffs at which Henry Rawlinson risked his life to interpret the script, resulting in understanding ancient civilizations and reading other cuneiform scripts: