Vocab Flashcard #2 Review

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Persian leader who founded the Achaemenid Empire.

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Cyrus the Great

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The Persians were known for their Empire’s administrative policies, including the first effective use of a large-scale ____________ government.

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centralized

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Term for appointed Persian provincial official governing by emperor's policies.

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Satrap

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Greek philosophers questioned authoritative knowledge, favoring what was observed or rationalized.

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Skepticism

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Greeks known for democracy?

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Athens

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Ruler who unified Greek city-states into an empire

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Philip of Macedon

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Son of the ruler who conquered the Persian Achaemenid Empire and regions in Central Asia and the West Indus Valley.

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Alexander the Great

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Conflicts between the Roman Republic and Carthage in the 3rd-2nd centuries BCE.

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Punic Wars

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Roman provincial rulers executing policies of the Republic and Empire.

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Governor

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Roman _______ provided transport for trade and troops in the Empire.

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Roads