| A | B |
|---|
| satrapy | Persian province established by Darius |
| satrap | govenor of satrapy - collected taxes, provided justice and security |
| monarchy | rule by a king or queen |
| Assyrians | Semetic poeple who exploited use of iron weapons to build empire in upper Tigris River |
| Nebuchadnezzar | King of Chaldeans - rebuilt Babylon as center of his empire |
| Persians | Indo_European people, nomadic, |
| Cyrus | Created Persian state - "Great" leader had reputation for mercy |
| Darius | Cyrus' successor - as king extended the Persian empire |
| Immortals | Professional soldiers of Persia whose number never got below 10,000 |
| Zoroaster | Persian religion - monotheistic "wise lord" |
| Royal Road | road stretching across the Persian empire |
