Not as rich Colonization Great Wealth Royal Road Persia and Greece Coins Weights & Postal System Silk Roads were economically Limited Arable Measures 2,500km Highway Ionia similar in Land (Royal Road) ___________________, yet Ionian Greeks- Rest areas along the differed in Grapes and Olives first colony of road with wells _____________________ Greeks, then Information could pass Colonization conquered by the from one end of the (Ionia) around Persians empire to the other in Mediterranean 15 days Sea Trade was prosperous…Persian Currency (based words in English: on Lydians) Bazaar, turquoise, tiara, orange, lemon Darius organized a new monetary system…one official language Aramaic City of Persepolis built under Darius Thesis Statements Greece Similarities Persia Evidence Interactions: Athens: Extensive Fought against Persia had great Persian Wars trade and each other in expansion…largest Royal Road In terms of colonization along Persian Wars land-based empire of Athenian Navy interactions, the Mediterranean its time Ionian Greeks Persians and Greeks Sea due to limited Darius fought were similar arable land against the Greek
Persia and Greece were economically similar in ___________________, yet differed in _____________________ Not as rich Limited Arable Land Grapes and Olives Colonization (Ionia) around Mediterranean Sea Currency (based on Lydians) Colonization Coins Weights & Measures Ionian Greeks- first colony of Greeks, then conquered by the Persians Great Wealth Postal System 2,500km Highway (Royal Road) Rest areas along the road with wells Information could pass from one end of the empire to the other in 15 days Trade was prosperous…Persian words in English: Bazaar, turquoise, tiara, orange, lemon Darius organized a new monetary system…one official language Aramaic City of Persepolis built under Darius Royal Road Silk Roads Ionia Thesis Statements Greece Similarities Persia Evidence Interactions: In terms of interactions, the Persians and Greeks were similar Athens: Extensive trade and colonization along Mediterranean Sea due to limited arable land Fought against each other in Persian Wars Darius fought against the Greek Persia had great expansion…largest land-based empire of its time Persian Wars Royal Road Athenian Navy Ionian Greeks