persia and greece. 7 important periods ancient iran, 1000–30 b.c.e. greek archaic period 800–480...
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Persia and Greece
7 Important Periods
• Ancient Iran, 1000–30 b.c.e.
• Greek Archaic period 800–480 b.c.e.
• Persian Wars
• Classical Age of Greece 480–430 b.c.e.
• Peloponnesian War (& 100 years of fighting) 431 BCE- 340 BCE
• Alexander the Great 336 b.c.e
• Hellenistic Age 323–30 b.c.e.
Ancient Iran, 1000–30 b.c.e.• Few natural resources• Great location for trade- Silk road • Medes overthrew Assyrians • Persians Intermarry with and overtake the Medians • Cyrus • Cambyses• Darius I.• Twenty provinces
– satrap– Annual tribute– well-maintained roads
• Susa-Political capital • Persepolis cultural capital • King –Aloof lawgivers
– Gave cultural and legal autonomy • Zoroastrian
Greek Archaic period 800–480 bce• Few resources but great harbors • Pop growth- Urbanization (Polis)• City States fought
– Hoplites • Colonization • Middle class develops
– Elites lose significance – Popular tyrants rule – Gives way to democracy and oligarchy
• Scholarship – Humanism – Philosophy – Logographers – Historians
• Religion • Sparta
– Militaristic society • Athens
– Wealthy society – Democracy
Persian Wars • Persia vs Greece (2X)
• First war- fought to a standstill
• Second War
• Sparta – Hellenitic League – Thermopile
• Athens – Take charge (Delian League)– Force Persians out
Classic Age of Greece 480-430 bce• Athenian Age
– Imperialist – Subordinated other states – Very strong Navy – Great Wealth through trade
• Lower class Athenian males gained political significance
• Scholarship and arts grew– Socrates – Plato – Aristotle
• Social inequality
Peloponnesian War 431
• Sparta gets tired of Athens
• Greek civil war
• Sparta wins but people then resent Sparta
• 100 years of fighting
• As Greece fights– Persia regains land – Macedonia to the North grows powerful
• Phillip • Alexander
Alexander the Great 336 b.c.e
• Conquers – Persians – Egyptians – Greeks – Gets to Indus river
• Built many cities (Alexandria)
• Encouraged intermarrying and cultural sharing
• Dies
Hellenistic Age (323–30 b.c.e.)• Empire broken up into 3 kingdoms • Seleucid kingdom
– Mesopotamia, – Anatolia, – Iran (lost quickly)– Indus valley (lost quickly)
• Ptolemies– Egypt
• Antigonids – Macedonia – Greece
• Hellenization • All 3 kingdoms used and blended with local
customs