The Rise of Persia

1. The Rise of Persia

2. Persia • Present-day Iran • Between Mesopotamia and the Indus River

3. Persia • Four Persian empires rose and fell • Achaemenid (558-330 BCE) • Seleucid (323-83 BCE) • Parthian (247 BCE-224 CE) • Sassanid's (224-651)

4. Persia • The Achaemenid Empire (558-330 BCE) • Medes and the Persians two major ethnic groups • Cyrus the Achaemenid (558-530 BCE)

5. Persia • The Achaemenid Empire • Cambesis (530-522 BCE) • Darius I (521-486 BCE)

6. Darius I

7. Persia • The Achaemenid Empire • Strong Infrastructure • Royal Road • Courier system

8. Persepolis

10. Persia • Decline of the Achaemenid Empire • Xerxes • Wars with Greece • Alexander • Collapse

12. Persia • The Seleucid Empire (323-83 BCE) • Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE • Established by Seleucus

13. Persia • The Seleucid Empire • Greek and Persian cultures • Problems • Collapse

14. Persia

15. Persia • The Parthian Empire 247 BCE-224 CE) • The Parthians • Expansion

16. Persia • The Parthian Empire • Continued policies of Achaemenids • Conflicts with Roman Empire • Collapse

17. Persia • The Sassanid Empire (224-651 CE) • Rise • Ongoing border disputes with the Roman Empire • Conquered by the Arabs in 651

18. Persia

19. Persia • Social structure • Clans • Rise of trained bureaucracy

20. Persia • Social structure • Free classes • Slaves

21. Persia • Economy • Qanat • High agricultural production • Infrastructure encouraged trade

22. Persia • Religion • Rise of Zoroastrianism • Ahura Mazda vs. Angra Mainyu • Influences • Toleration

23. Zoroastrianism