The Pers ian

Wars

, .Firs t a brie f his tory of Pers ia•Geography: Begins in Iran.

•558-330 BCE Achaemenid Empire:–558: Cyrus expands Persia to Anatolia by

conquering Babylonia and the Ionian Coast.

–521: Darius:•Expands Persian to the Black Sea and the Indus.

•Taxes, laws, and coins.

•Persepolis.

–486: Xerxes and values.

The Pers ian Wars• 500 BCE: Greek cities revolt against Persian

rule.

• 493 BCE: Ionian rebellion squashed by Darius.

• 490 BCE: Darius attacks Greece. Athenians beat the Persians at Marathon and also at Athens.

The Pers ian Wars

•480 BCE: Xerxes sends fleet to revenge Darius’ loss.

•Spartans slaughtered at Thermopylae.

•Greeks beat Persians at the Battle of Salamis.

•479 BCE: Persians retreat to Anatolia.

Res ults of the Pers ian Wars

•Delian League.

•Rise of Athens.

Tomorrow

•The Rise and Fall of Athens. The Golden Age of Greece?