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Chapter 4 Section 3 Notes
I. The Rise of Persia
A. Had its beginnings in what
today is Iran
B. Formed kingdom on tolerance and
diplomacy
C. Abundance of natural resources
1. Metals
D. Cyrus the Great becomes Persia’s
first empire builder in 550 B.C.
Cyrus the Great
2. Allowed conquered peoples
to keep their customs and
religions
3. Allowed the Jews to return to their
homeland
Persian Kings In Bible History
Common NameB.C. Date
Name In Persian
Name In Bible
Bible References
Cyrus539-530
Koorush CyrusIsaiah 45, Daniel, Ezra 1-3
Cambysses
530-521
CambujiehAhasruerus
Ezra 4-6
Pseudo Smerdis
521Berooyeh Doroughi
Artaxerxes
Ezra 4:7-23
Darius the Great
521-486
Darryoosh Darius Ezra 5,6
Xerxes486-465
Khashayarshah
Ahasurerus
Esther 1-10
Artaxerxes I
464-423
Ardeshier Deraz Dast
Artaxerxes
Nehemiah 1 - 13, Ezra 7-10
II. Persian Rule and Religion
A. Cambyses was the son of Cyrus and was a terrible ruler only lasting five years and creating rebellions in
the empire including the conquered lands of Egypt
B. Darius succeeds Cambyses and for his first three years he has to put down
rebellions
Darius I
City of Persepolis
1. Darius was a former body guard of the king and had the
support of the military elite called the Ten
Thousand Immortals
2. Darius did have a secret police like
our CIA called, The Eyes and Ears of
the King
3. Darius and his son Xerxes only had one failure, their inability to
defeat the Greeks
Xerxes Son of Darius
Xerxes Hall of 100 columns >
4. Darius divided his kingdom into 20
provinces
1. He placed governors called Satraps in each
province
5.Built the Royal Road some 1677
miles long
6. Copied the use of coins from the
Lydian’s
C. Persian prophet and religious
reformer Zoroaster starts the Persian
religion Zoroastrianism
1. God of Truth and Light, Ahura Mazda
2. God of Evil and Darkness, Ahriman
3. Religious book called the Avesta
4. Developed concept of Heaven
and Hell from Judaism
