The Achaemenid state
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the chronology of the Achaemenid state: 550(?), 539, 525, 522, 330.
Conquest of Media; conquest of Babylon; conquest of Egypt; Darius I takes the throne; Alexander’s conquest.
2
Explain the importance of Darius I’s reforms in 4–5 sentences.
They strengthened the state: administration, taxes and trade improved; provinces were bound to the centre.
3
On a map find the borders of the Achaemenid empire: which continents did it cover?
Asia, Africa (Egypt) and part of Europe (Thrace).
4
Why is the Behistun inscription important for historians?
It records events of Darius I’s time, including the names Khorezm, Sogdiana and Bactria, as a written source.