HIS 1250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Zoroastrianism
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Persian empire persian king took title of shahan"shah, king of kings. Zoroastrianism was to extend the earthly rule of ahurha mazda (good guy). Cyrus 559 530 (pages 131 143) launched the persians" imperial venture, unlikely candidate as he came from the mountains of southwest iran (known as. Cyrus the shepherd), proved to be a vigorous and unpredictable warrior, outstanding military strategist, laid the foundation of the first persian empire (ahaemenids), mounted many campaigns to expand his empire. He wanted the people he conquered to be apart of the empire and because of this people loved him. Darius 521 486 (page 133 134) greatest of the achaemenid emperors, cyrus" cousin, extended the empire both east and west, his empire spanned from the. Xerxes 486 465 (page 136) darius" son and successor, had worse relationship with his subjects, it wasn"t of importance to him to instill persian values in.
