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Persian Empire
Chapter 3:iii
Use the map on page 92 of your textbook, World History - The Human Experience, to
locate and labe the following physical and cultural features on the blank map provided.
Arabian Sea
Aral Sea
Asia Minor
Athens
Babylon
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Danube River
Egypt
Euphrates River
Greece
India
Indus River
Lydia
Mediterranean Sea
Memphis
Nile River
Oxus River
Persepolis
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Sardis
Susa
Tigris River
Tyre
Next, using different colours and/or patterns, identify the location of Persia and the extent
of the Persian empire. Then draw the Royal Road and the major trade routes. Finally,
create a legend (key) in the box in the lower, right-hand corner.
Once you have completed the above, read pages 90 through 93 in your textbook and
answer the questions below.
1. What do you think of Cyrus' policy allowing the Jews to return home to rebuild the
temple and re-institute the worship of God? (Was it good/bad? Why?)
2. Why was the Royal Road so important to the Persian empire?
2. What geographic factors do you think made Susa an important city in the Persian
empire?