The Persians Engineering an Empire Video Worksheet PDF

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The Persians: Engineering an Empire Video Worksheet Directions: Answer the following questions while watching the movie entitled “Engineering an Empire: The Persians.”

1. What resource was crucial to early survival in Persia? Water

2. Explain how the Persians harnessed this resource for their people? -

Digging up underground canals Irrigation canals that are made up of shafts built on a specific gradient so then it was not too steep where the water could erode the stone and not too flat for the water to flow

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The water starts from the mountain throughout the desert

3. How did The Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great compare to other empires of the Ancient World? -

Political genius, military skills

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His military and political power saw the creation of the greatest empire ever He became the undisputed leader of Persia and reflected this in the architecture of his city

4. What was Cyrus the Great’s first building project? -

Building pasargadae (the capital city)

5. How was Cyrus the Great different from previous kings and emperors of the Ancient World?

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Refuse to ensale new subjects, accept different beliefs/religions. Freed the Jews from Babylon Didn’t enslave his subjects He was seen as a liberator due to his tolerance of different cultures and religions Was also different as his success was due to his ability to borrow and refine ideas from the cities he conquered to advance his own

6. What was Darius the Great’s first major building project? -

His major building project was Persepolis (Persian City). Before this he had intended to rebuild the city of Susa. Persepolis depicted peaceful engravings of the Persians and visitors of Persia. The architecture also reflected the nomadic origins of the Persians.

7. What unseen engineering marvel truly made the Persian city of Persepolis a wonder to Behold? -

Being seen from a distance, made and decorated with gold and silver and also put in a plumbing system (drainage system)

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During the construction, each person was given a role based on their ability and

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was paid accordingly The unseen water systems made Persepolis a great city as the drainage system was underground and therefore was out of sight of the visitors

8. What did Darius the Great construct to connect the far reaches of his empire? -

A stone highway to connect North Africa to India - Royal Road

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1500 miles

9. How far apart were the rest stations and inns along the Persian road? -

15-18 miles apart

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There were 111 rest stations

10. What two bodies of water were connected by Darius’ canal? -

Red sea through the nile river and the meditarranean sea.

11. How did Darius the Great get across the Bosporus Straits in order to reach Athens, Greece? -

Connected ships to create a boat bridge in order to cross the body of water.

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Built a highway to connect Asia minor and europe.

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Also used rope and wooden pallets

12. How were Darius’ and Xerxes’ invasions of Greece similar? -

They both used boat bridges and essentially failed in battle.

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Land and sea assault

13. What did Xerxes do to Athens after he conquered it? -

Burnt it out of rage then tried to rebuild it but was too late

14. How big was the Hall of 100 Columns? -

200 by 200 ft

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100 ft high

15. Describe the Mausoleum of Mausolus. -

A woman began the construction as a tribute to her dying husband

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It was 100 feet tall and had stairs on each side which were referred to as ‘the

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stairways to heaven’. 135 feet tall Had a courtyard

16. What was the final fate of Persepolis? -

Persepolis was burnt down Conquered by Alexander the great...