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Persian history began with the
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Medes
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According to Daniel 5:31 Babylon was taken by:
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Darius the Mede
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In the history of Israel, Persian rule is known as the
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Restoration
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Who defeated the Persians in 331 B.C., ending Persian rule?
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Alexander
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The Restoration leaders who wrote books of the Bible were Ezra and
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Nehemiah
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The early Persians worshiped gods of:
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Nature
fertilitythe heavens |
Zoroaster believed in doing good, not evil.
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True
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Persian administration laid the foundations for government in the_____ Empire.
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Roman
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Governors of the provinces were called:
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Satraps
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contemporary
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Belonging to the same period of time; coexistent.
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Isaiah 45:1-4,
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He made a remarkably explicit
prediction
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Explain how the Persians were not like the Assyrians or the Babylonians. Give at least one example from each culture.
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The Persians were not like the Assyrians or the Babylonians because they were tolerant of people. They took stuff from people that the Babylonians and Assyrians didn't.
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(465-423 B.C.)
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Artaxerxes was
the contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah
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