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| Persian | The _____ Empire was established in 550 BCE by Cyrus II |
| Cyrus | _____ led a successful revolt against the Medes and won Persian independence. |
| Middle East | Cyrus conquered a great deal of land in the _____. |
| Persian Wars | The series of conflicts between Greece and Persia are known as the _____. |
| Zoroastrianism | _____ became widely practiced in the Persian Empire during the mid-500s BCE. |
| dualism | Zoroastrianism taught _____ , which is the belief that the world is governed by the opposing forces of good and evil. |
| Philip II | _____ became king of Macedonia, a kingdom of Ancient Greece, in 359 BCE. |
| Alexander the Great | _____ was the son of Philip II of Macedonia and was well-known for his conquest of large areas in the Middle East, Egypt, and Central Asia. |
| Hellenistic | The _____ period began in approximately 323 BCE with the death of Alexander the Great and lasted until 146 BCE. |
| Athenian | Plato was a(n) _____ philosopher. |
| The Republic | Plato's most famous work is _____. |
| democracy | Ancient Athens was well-known for having the world's first _____. |
| empires | One global trend from 1000-300 BCE was the development of large _____. |
| iron working | The development of _____ was very important to early civilizations. |
| positively | Historians believe that iron working was _____ correlated with other changes in society. |
| classical | Slavery was a typical part of life for many people in _____ civilizations. |
| natural | People believed that slavery was a _____ part of human life. |
| Greece and Rome | In _____, the slave population made up a large portion of the labor force. |
| Socrates | Plato was a student of _____. |
| Aristotle | Alexander the Great was a student of _____. |
