History 210 The Ancient World Syracuse University历史210古代世界雪城大学.pptVIP

Achaemenid Persia The Great King and the Rise of the Persian Empire Near Eastern Powers before Persia:Successors to Assyria (ca. 610-550 BCE) Egyptian Saite Dynasty XXVI Neo-Babylonian (Chaldaean) Kingdom Lydian Kingdom in western Asia Minor Median Kingdom of western Iran Neo-Babylonian and Median Empires Persia: An Iranian Landscape Origins of Persians Outsiders from Near Eastern power center (Mesopotamia) from Iranian plateau Original homeland Russian steppelands Persian language: Indo-European, not Semitic (Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian) Supreme god: Ahura Mazda (sky, sun, moon,