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May 5, 2023: GREECE VS PERSIA: THE WEST DEFEATS THE EAST (2 CLASSES) -…
May 5, 2023: GREECE VS PERSIA: THE WEST DEFEATS THE EAST (2 CLASSES)
task 1: WHY GREEKS AND WHY AGAINST PERSIANS?
persian empire conquered mesopotamia, levant, israel and egypt: 550 BCE
largest empire
founded by cyrus the great
persian empire had successful model of bureaucratic organization
shah
was the supreme leader (monarch)
supported by local kings "satraps"
had a
multicultural
and
multi religions
policy
main religion was zoroastrainism
spread to as far as china
also practiced judaism
jews were freed from babylonian captivity (by cyrus the great)
499 BCE: Darius I (cyrus's grandson) attacked Ionian greek city states
athens came to assist ionians in a revolt
darius countered that with a huge army in
490 BCE (first greoc-persian war)
athens won the
battle of marathon
against darius I in
490 BCE
480-479 BCE:
battle of thermopylae, artemisium, salamis and platea
- 2nd greco-persian war
greeks push back xerxis I (darius's son) armies
greco-persian wars continued for another 20 years
in smaller battles on anatolian peninsular
anatolian peninsular - modern turkey
events in 499-479 BCE had great implications
persian empire was attacked by a smaller force
egypt defeated the persians - and recaptured
greece went through a great rise of national pride
expansian of territories (through the mediterranean)
golden age of classical greece (including athenian democracy)
began after the victory of persia