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The map shows the Phoenician Empire from 1500-300 BCE.

Black Sea

Nile River

Red Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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How did the Royal Road benefit the Persians?

It prevented invaders from entering the Persian Empire.

It encouraged the building of Persian naval vessels.

It established communication throughout the Persian Empire.

It helped the Persians reach Rome and then conquer it.

Which best explains why the Phoenician alphabet was developed?

to aid in land conquests

to help trade transactions

to educate the government

to stop foreign invasions

Which of these empires would go last in a timeline of world civilizations?

Assyria

Persia

Phoenicia

Babylonia

The Phoenician alphabet was later adapted for use by the

Romans.

Greeks.

Sumerians.

Egyptians.

Which statement best describes the Phoenician Empire?

It was heavily involved in sea trading.

Its economy was centered on agriculture.

It did away with city-states.

It was a desert empire based in North Africa.

RomansAssyriansEgyptiansGreeks

Romans

Assyrians

Egyptians

Greeks

Phoenician culture spread across the Mediterranean because the Phoenicians were expert

farmers.

scribes.

shipbuilders.

glassblowers.

The map shows the Persian Empire in 550-330 BCE.

Assur, Iraq

Carthage, Tunisia

Athens, Greece

Rome, Italy

Geography helped ensure that the people of the Phoenician Empire would be

traders.

conquerors.

scribes.

farmers.

This image is a depiction of the Assyrians.

peaceful farmers.

scholars.

military conquerors.

seafarers.

Cyrus the Great is remembered for

destroying the Persian Empire.

using fear to govern captive lands.

exploring the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

founding the Persian Empire.

The map shows the Assyrian Empire in 850-609 BCE.

south of the Red Sea.

north of the Black Sea.

in the Middle East.

in Europe.

The Assyrian Empire was ruled by

a powerful monarch.

the governors of city-states.

Medes and Chaldeans.

government bureaucrats.

The map shows the Persian Empire in 550-330 BCE.

southern Europe and the Fertile Crescent

Persia, the Fertile Crescent, and the eastern Mediterranean Sea

the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea

North Africa, Rome, and Persia

What is bureaucracy?

territories ruled by a central government

money paid to a ruler to ensure protection and to prove loyalty

the people, including the priests, who practice a certain form of religion

the structure of a government, including the people who help it function

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