Historical Terms – V
Cyrus the Great: (c. 576 or 590-529 B.C.E.); founded Persian Empire by 550 B.C.E.; successor state to Mesopotamian empires. Zoroastrianism: Persian religion that saw material existence as a battle between…
Historical Terms – II
The Early Civilizations and the World Mesopotamia: literally “between the rivers”; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys. Potter’s wheel: a technological advance in…