8. • Cyrus creates Persian Empire
• Conquers from Indus Valley in the east to Anatolia in
West, and the Fertile Crescent
9. Cyrus the Great
•1st
great king of
Persian Empire
•Ruled subjects
with Tolerance
•Respected
religions of
others
10. Darius I
• Created imperial bureaucracy
•Divided empire into 20
provinces
•People could maintain own
religion, laws, language
•Established idea of nationalities
•Greatest failure = could not
conquer Greece
14. Zoroastrianism
- Two spiritual armies fighting for possession of
souls = Good vs. Evil
- Good god = Ahura Mazda – Supreme god of
truth and light
- Evil god = Ahriman – God of evil and
darkness
- Your choices in life determines your fate
Zoroaster