COINS & MEDALS _BRITISH MUSEUM
Greek gods
Xerxes I of Persia
THE PERSIAN EMPIRE. Persian Empire Little written evidence. Culture is viewed through Greek records. 6 th Century BCE – Persians created the largest empire.
Winds: Jeremiah 25:31-33 Sea: Rev 17:15 Medo-Persia 3 ribs are the 3 nations it conquered. Lydia in 546BC when Cyrus took the capital of Sardis and.
Around the Aegean
Greece and Iran 1000 B.C.E. – 30 B.C.E. I. Ancient Iran A. Geography and Resources A. Geography and Resources 1. Iran is bounded by the Zagros Mountains.
Unit 3. The Phoenicians What were they famous for? Invented the alphabet.
Around the Aegean Foundations Classical Era. What were the geographic influences in the development of the Greek city states and later empire? Greece.
The Campaigns of Alexander
Conquering the Persian Empire