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Greece and Persia

Published on Aug 23, 2016

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Greece and Persia

Classical Civilizations

"The purpose of my research is to prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time, and to preserve the fame of the important and remarkable achievements produced by both Greeks and non-Greeks. . . ."
-Herodotus, The Histories

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Early Mediterranean

  • Crete- Minoans
  • relied on trade
  • no writing deciphered

Mycenae

  • mainland of Greece
  • influence by Minoans
  • established style of Greek art
  • traders

Geography

  • Peninsula
  • Islands
  • Mountains
  • Trade
  • City-States POLIS
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Social/Political

  • Patriarchy
  • Citizenship
  • Slavery
  • Hoplites
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Sparta

  • Childhood
  • Spartan women
  • helots
  • Oligarchy
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Athens

  • Aristocrats and tyrants
  • Direct democracy
  • Pericles/Golden Age
  • Women and slaves

Athenian Philosophy

  • Homer
  • Socrates
  • Plato- "The Republic"
  • Aristotle- Empericism
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Athenian Religion

  • Myths
  • Syncretic
  • Literature/Theater
  • Art/Architecture
  • Olympic Games
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Greek Colonies

  • "The poor, precarious soils along the Mediterranean, combined with an uncertain, drought-afflicted climate, spurred ancient Greek and Roman conquest."
  • French Historian Fernand Braudel
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Persian Empire

  • 559 BCE- Cyrus the Great
  • Western coast of Aegean Sea to the border of India
  • Achaemenid Empire
  • Unified Mesopotamia, Egypt and India
  • Size of the United States
  • 70 Ethnic groups
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Darius

  • Divine right
  • provinces
  • satraps
  • inspectors
  • regular tax payments
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Projects

  • Persepolis
  • Royal Road
  • caravanserai
  • common currency
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Toleration

  • Cultural identity
  • religious diversity
  • Xerxes- Gate of all Nations
  • Why?
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Zoroastrianism

  • Monothistic
  • Zarathustra
  • heaven and hell
  • magi
  • Avestas
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Society

  • stratified
  • large class of educated gov workers
  • slaves
  • patriarchal, but women's rights
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Persia vs Greece

  • Greek city-states expanded east
  • Persia expanded west
  • clash in Asia Minor (Anatolia)

Persian War

  • Marathon
  • Thermopylae
  • Salamis
  • Decline of Persia
  • Athens-Sparta Rivalry

Macedonia

  • Phillip II
  • Alexander
  • Conquered all the way to India
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Hellenistic World

  • Diffusion and syncretism
  • Married several Persians
  • Alexandria, Egypt
  • Colonies
  • Greco-Buddhist Art
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Later Persia

  • Hellenistic kingdoms
  • Seleucids
  • Parthians
  • Sassanids
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