SOL: WHI. 4a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilizations of Persia, India, and China in terms of chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion, and contributions to later civilizations by a) describing Persia, including Zoroastrianism and the development of an imperial bureaucracy; VDOE Essential VDOE Essential VDOE Essential Understandings Questions Knowledge Built on earlier Central Asian and How did Persia govern its Persian Empire Mesopotamian civilizations, empire? Tolerance of conquered peoples Persia developed the largest Development of an imperial bureaucracy empire in the world. Construction of road system Practice of Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism was the main Religion of Persia Persian religion, although other Belief in two opposing forces in the universe religions were tolerated. Content Vocabulary Civilization Babylonians Pyramids Culture Chaldeans Mummification Polytheistic Nebuchadnezzar The Book of the Dead Pictograph Hittites Papyrus Cuneiform Persians Pharaoh Dynasty Satrapies Hieroglyphic Mesopotamia Zoroastrianism Akhenaton Fertile Crescent Darius Ramses II Tigris & Euphrates Imperial Bureaucracy Namer/Menes Ur Royal Road Stelae Sumer Hammurabi’s Code Sahara Desert City-States Ziggurat Nubia/Kush Epic of Gilgamesh Theocracy Phoenicians Assyrians Nile Monotheism Akkadians Scribes Israelites
SOL: WHI. 4a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the civilizations of Persia, India, and China in terms of chronology, geography, social structures, government, economy, religion, and contributions to later civilizations by a) describing Persia, including Zoroastrianism and the development of an imperial bureaucracy; VDOE Essential Understandings VDOE Essential Questions VDOE Essential Knowledge Built on earlier Central Asian and Mesopotamian civilizations, Persia developed the largest empire in the world. Zoroastrianism was the main Persian religion, although other religions were tolerated. How did Persia govern its empire? Persian Empire Tolerance of conquered peoples Development of an imperial bureaucracy Construction of road system Practice of Zoroastrianism Religion of Persia Belief in two opposing forces in the universe Content Vocabulary Civilization Culture Polytheistic Pictograph Cuneiform Dynasty Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Tigris & Euphrates Ur Sumer City-States Epic of Gilgamesh Assyrians Akkadians Babylonians Chaldeans Nebuchadnezzar Hittites Persians Satrapies Zoroastrianism Darius Imperial Bureaucracy Royal Road Hammurabi’s Code Ziggurat Theocracy Nile Scribes Pyramids Mummification The Book of the Dead Papyrus Pharaoh Hieroglyphic Akhenaton Ramses II Namer/Menes Stelae Sahara Desert Nubia/Kush Phoenicians Monotheism Israelites
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