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Student Name: _________________________________________ GEOGRAPHY OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE Monday Warm Up Persia included three ancient civilizations – who were they? What was the benefit of having these two prize civilizations? Persia will attempt to take Greece, which is a cluster of city-states, like Sparta and Athens. What do you think will happen to Greece? Geography of Persia Persia, which is now Iran, is located in the direct center between Africa, Europe, and Asia. To its north is the Caspian Sea, which is below sea level, and to its south is the Persian Gulf, which connects to the Arabian Sea. The western part of Iran connects to the river systems of Tigris and Euphrates, which sustained ancient Mesopotamia, today Iraq. For the most part, however, Iran is characterized by rugged and mountainous terrain. In fact, several peaks extend up to roughly 9,000 feet high. The geographical consequence of the mountains is the inability to farm but the ability to mine metals and stones, for What benefits does the Persian territory have? What are some challenges of the Persian territory? If you were a King of Persia, what would you do to solve the
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Student Name: _________________________________________GEOGRAPHY OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
Monday Warm UpPersia included three ancient civilizations – who were they?
What was the benefit of having these two prize civilizations?
Persia will attempt to take Greece, which is a cluster of city-states, like Sparta and Athens. What do you think will happen to Greece?
Geography of PersiaPersia, which is now Iran, is located in the direct center between Africa, Europe, and Asia. To its north is the Caspian Sea, which is below sea level, and to its south is the Persian Gulf, which connects to the Arabian Sea. The western part of Iran connects to the river systems of Tigris and Euphrates, which sustained ancient Mesopotamia, today Iraq. For the most part, however, Iran is characterized by rugged and mountainous terrain. In fact, several peaks extend up to roughly 9,000 feet high. The geographical consequence of the mountains is the inability to farm but the ability to mine metals and stones, for most of the region.Being in the center of three continents means that it was in an ideal location for trade. A great amount of Persia's wealth came from international trade routes that stretched from Europe and Africa to China. Ideas, products, and people all passed through Persia, and Persia used
What benefits does the Persian territory have?
What are some challenges of the Persian territory?
If you were a King of Persia, what would you do to solve the geographical issues?
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those ideas, products, and people to their advantage.
MOVIE NOTESLevel One Questions Level Two Questions Level Three Questions
What information was given from the movie? Four facts given, complete thoughts:
Infer: Is Persia one of the greatest empires? Use your facts to give you evidence.
Do you agree or disagree that Cyrus should be called “the Great”?
PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS
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Primary source is the first-hand account of an event, like a diary, photographs, and newspapers. However, sources have a bias, which is a perspective or point of view that may distort the truth.
“This is the word of Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, God of heaven has given
me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he himself has charged me to build him
a house at Jerusalem in Judah. To every man of his people now among you I
say, God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah, and rebuild
the house of the Lord God of Israel, the God whose city is Jerusalem.”
What is the main idea of the primary source?
What is going on in history during the time of this writing?
Is this source reliable or does it have a bias?
