| A | B |
|---|
| Elamite capital | Susa |
| Capital city of Lydia | Sardis |
| Persian King who captured Babylon | Cyrus |
| Persian King who captured Egypt | Cambyses |
| Cyrus was buried here. | Pasargadae |
| The Greeks defeat Darius at this bay | Marathon |
| The dynasty which ruled Ancient Persia | Achaemenid |
| Capital city built by Darius | Persepolis |
| This sea lies to the north of ancient Persia | Caspian |
| These mountains lie between Persia and Mesopotamia | Zagros |
| The Elamites were conquered by these invaders | Assyrians |
| The capital city of the Medes | Ecbatana |
| He was King of the Medes when Ashur and Nineveh were captured | Cyaxares |
| The river boundary between the Medes and Lydians | Halys |
| Achaemenes founded his dynasty in this region | Parsumash |
| Son of Achaemenids | Teispes |
| King of the Medes defeated by Cyrus | Astyages |
| King of Lydia defeated by Cyrus | Croesus |
| The area along the coast of Asia Minor inhabited by Greeks | Ionia |
| The river marking the northern boundary of Cyrus' Empire | Jaxartes |
| King of Babylon at the time Cyrus attacked | Nabonidus |
| Crown Prince of Babylon when Cyrus attacked | Belshazzar |
| Chief God of Babylon | Marduk |
| The King of Babylon who had enslaved the Israelites | Nebuchadrezzar |
| The Book of the Old Testament describing Cyrus' liberation of the Jews | Ezra |
| Queen of the Scythians when Cyrus was killed. | Tomyris |
| These people made up the Persian Navy | Phoenicians |
| The Phoenician city Cambyses planned to capture | Carthage |
| The ancient name for Ethiopia | Kush |
| The brother of Cambysis | Smerdis |
| He pretended to be the brother of Cambysis | Gaumata |
| The inscription, made on the orders of Darius, which tells the story of Darius' coming to power | Behistun |
| The new province in the east acquired by Darius | Sind |
| Two areas to the north of Greece captured by Darius | Thrace and Macedonia |
| Darius adopted a judicial system from this region | Mesopotamia |
| Chief God of the Persians | Ahuamazda |
| The Law code copied by the Persians | Hammurabi |
| The standard imperial coinage introduced by Darius | Daric |
| A commercial centre and administration centre for Mesopotamia | Babylon |
| The Audience Hall of the Palace of Persepolis | Apadana |
| The road from Susa to Sardis | Royal Road |
| Term for a Persian province | Satrapy |
| Officials who checked up on provincial governors | Eyes and Ears of the King |
| The elite corps of the Persian Army | Immortals |
| The religious teacher who preached monotheism | Zoroaster |
| Darius adopted a 12-month calendar from this civilisation | Egypt |
| Darius established a medical school here. | Sais |
| The Persian Sun God | Mithras |
| The priests of the Persian religion | Magi |
| Son and successor of Darius | Xerxes |
