Lesson Plans PowerPoint Presentations and Lessons (Pete's PowerPoint Station) Provides lessons by topic area. 1-07 Papers Asia Minor and the Ancient Persians 1 (HyperHistory.com) Provides maps of Asia Minor during 1000 B.C. to 400 B.C., including the rise and fall of the Persian Empire. 11-01 Asia Minor and the Ancient Persians 2 (HyperHistory.com) Provides maps of Asia Minor (Middle East) during 500 B.C. to 1 A.D., including the fall of the Persian Empire and the rise of Macedonian, Greek, and Roman Empires. 11-01 Cyrus the Great (IranChamber.com) "Cyrus (580-529 BC) was the first Achaemenid Emperor. He founded Persia by uniting the two original Iranian Tribes- the Medes and the Persians. Although he was known to be a great conqueror, who at one point controlled one of the greatest Empires ever seen, he is best remembered for his unprecedented tolerance and magnanimous attitude towards those he defeated." 01-07 Cyrus the Great (Wikipedia.org) "As leader of the Persian people in Anshan, he conquered the Medes and unified the two separate Iranian kingdoms; as the king of Persia, he reigned over the new empire from 559 BC until his death. The empire expanded under his rule, eventually conquering most of Southwest Asia, much of Central Asia, and much of the Indian frontier to create the largest nation the world had yet seen.[1]" 01-07 Persian Empire Maps (About.com - Gill) Provides ancient maps of the Persian Empire. 11-01

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