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Answer
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Who founded the First Persian empire in the 500s BC?
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Cyrus the Great
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What dynasty was founded by the above, which ruled the First Persian Empire?
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Achaemenid dynasty
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What Mesopotamian capital or empire did that ruler conquer in 539 BC?
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Babylon
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What group of people did he free from captivity in that empire, and helped them rebuild their land?
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Jews
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What empire did he revolt against for founding the Persian Empire?
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Median Empire
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The clay "cylinder" of that king is considered to be the world's oldest charter of what? (The United Nations have one of these)
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Human Rights
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What major modern-day country was invaded by Cambyses II in 525 BC?
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Egypt
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Who ruled the Persian empire at its greatest extent around 500 BC, when it ruled over more than 40% of the world's population?
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Darius the Great
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Who was that ruler's successor, appearing in the Bible under the name Ahasuerus?
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Xerxes the Great
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What modern-day country did that ruler invade in the 480s BC with an army reported to be 1 million strong?
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Greece
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What was the capital of the Persian Empire?
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Persepolis
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What prophet founded the state religion of the Persian Empire?
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Zoroaster
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The religion founded by the above was world's first to believe in one god. What word describes such religions now?
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Monotheism
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At what battle did 300 Spartans, with Leonidas as their warrior king, die?
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Battle of Thermopylae
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What name was given to that army's elite group of 10,000 soldiers?
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The Immortals
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What title, "shahan shah" in Middle Persian, was used by the Persian kings?
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King of Kings
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What ancient highway connected the cities of Susa and Sardis to each other?
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Royal Road
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What language became the lingua franca of the Persian Empire, following the conquest of Mesopotamia?
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Old Aramaic
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What river separated Persian territory from India?
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Indus
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What Greek ruler conquered Persia in the 336 BC and ended the empire?
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Alexander the Great
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Please accept Pasargadae for the capital. It was the first capital of the empire. Also, could you allow anything containing "Immortals"? I tried "Ten Thousand Immortals". For the title question, please accept Shah of Shahs.
Nominated!