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One GOD worshipped by the PERSIANS
Ahura Mazda
A form of WRITING developed by the PHOENICIANS consisting of 26 LETTERS
alphabet
A body of PEOPLE UNDER the DIRECT CONTROL of another NATION
colony (call on ee)
Persian CONQUERED LAND to make Persia into an EMPIRE
Cyrus (si rus)
Persian who UNITED PERSIAN EMPIRE
Darius (day ree us)
A GREAT extent of TERRITORY UNDER the leadership of ONE strong LEADER
empire
A RELIGION developed among the ancient HEBREWS and marked by a belief in ONE GOD
Judaism (joo dee ism)
The BELIEF that there is ONLY ONE GOD.
monotheism (mon o thee ism)
A DIVISION of a COUNTRY forming its OWN JURISDICTION
province
PERSIAN leader DEFEATED by the Greeks in the PERSIAN WARS
Xerxes (zerk sees)
HEBREW WORD for GOD
Yahweh (yah way)
PERSIAN PROPHET; FOUNDER of a MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION
Zoroaster (zorro as ter)
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