Persia
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
OCR GCSE (9-1) Latin Set Text Guide Student Activity
... and was a member of the powerful Mermnad dynasty. He conquered the Greek cities along the coast and collected tribute (a form of tax) from them. He is said to have created the world’s first system of coinage. Most of what we know about him comes from Herodotus ...
... and was a member of the powerful Mermnad dynasty. He conquered the Greek cities along the coast and collected tribute (a form of tax) from them. He is said to have created the world’s first system of coinage. Most of what we know about him comes from Herodotus ...
Classical Civilizations of the Middle East and Mediterranean
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
... The success of the empire under Cyrus was due to superior military leadership and organization. Cyrus also left in place native political systems (if they submitted to his rule). He allowed his subjects to retain their own customs and laws, under the supervision of his Persian representatives, the s ...
World History to the Sixteenth Century, Grade 11, University/College Preparation
... and Sparta were very different from one another. In this lesson, students will examine and compare the views of women in Athens and Sparta, which will lead into a critical discussion about the continuity and change of women’s experiences in the contemporary societies. Students will be challenged to ...
... and Sparta were very different from one another. In this lesson, students will examine and compare the views of women in Athens and Sparta, which will lead into a critical discussion about the continuity and change of women’s experiences in the contemporary societies. Students will be challenged to ...
Cimon`s Dismissal, Ephialtes` Revolution and the Peloponnesian Wars
... Dorians-a bold show of force, to be sure. That they fought and won at Tanagra is true, but it may be more significant that this battle was forced on reluctant Spartans by bolder Athenians who blocked their way home (Thuc. 1.107-08). Apparently, this was the only Spartan military response to the Athe ...
... Dorians-a bold show of force, to be sure. That they fought and won at Tanagra is true, but it may be more significant that this battle was forced on reluctant Spartans by bolder Athenians who blocked their way home (Thuc. 1.107-08). Apparently, this was the only Spartan military response to the Athe ...
Famous Men of Greece
... Vulcan taught the Greeks how to make plows, spades and hoes and many other things of iron and brass. When the gods came down now and then from Olympus they found that the early Greeks were very wicked. The kindness of the gods made them no better; so at last Jupiter decided to destroy them by a floo ...
... Vulcan taught the Greeks how to make plows, spades and hoes and many other things of iron and brass. When the gods came down now and then from Olympus they found that the early Greeks were very wicked. The kindness of the gods made them no better; so at last Jupiter decided to destroy them by a floo ...
Preview - American Economic Association
... This section develops a model to illustrate how the quality of democratic decision-making can depend on the presence (or absence) of complementarities between political institutions and features of the economy. More specifically, we consider how the nature of policy decisions, combined with the patt ...
... This section develops a model to illustrate how the quality of democratic decision-making can depend on the presence (or absence) of complementarities between political institutions and features of the economy. More specifically, we consider how the nature of policy decisions, combined with the patt ...
Washington State CBA Classroom based
... For starters, Sparta’s military tactics were extremely advanced. One example, the “Phalanx formation was a close-rank, dense grouping of warriors armed with long spears and interlocking shields” (Donn). While in the phalanx they would hold together tightly so they could break through the enemy’s ran ...
... For starters, Sparta’s military tactics were extremely advanced. One example, the “Phalanx formation was a close-rank, dense grouping of warriors armed with long spears and interlocking shields” (Donn). While in the phalanx they would hold together tightly so they could break through the enemy’s ran ...
PBS Empires Video – “The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization” Episode
... In the early sixth century, Athens was not nearly the most powerful or important of these tiny nations. Argos had stood for over a thousand years. Her citizens were able to trace their history back to the mythical days of the Trojan War. The Corinthians dominated Greek trade. Their ships plied the M ...
... In the early sixth century, Athens was not nearly the most powerful or important of these tiny nations. Argos had stood for over a thousand years. Her citizens were able to trace their history back to the mythical days of the Trojan War. The Corinthians dominated Greek trade. Their ships plied the M ...
20th Year of Artaxerxes - Bible Student Chronology
... no one had undertaken this work except Hellanicus, who had only " mentioned them briefly, and not accurately with regard to their chronology." 827 The principal event which enables us to determine the year when Artaxerxes began to reign, is the flight of Themistocles from Greece to Asia. This great ...
... no one had undertaken this work except Hellanicus, who had only " mentioned them briefly, and not accurately with regard to their chronology." 827 The principal event which enables us to determine the year when Artaxerxes began to reign, is the flight of Themistocles from Greece to Asia. This great ...
Milestone Documents in World History Funeral Oration of Pericles
... Sparta forced Athens to cede territories gained in the fifteen-year war. Subsequent incidents, such as a revolt in Miletus that threatened to bring Persian forces back into the Aegean, strained the treaty. The Peloponnesian League debated intervention against Athens to prevent a new Persian war. Arc ...
... Sparta forced Athens to cede territories gained in the fifteen-year war. Subsequent incidents, such as a revolt in Miletus that threatened to bring Persian forces back into the Aegean, strained the treaty. The Peloponnesian League debated intervention against Athens to prevent a new Persian war. Arc ...
File
... Athenians: As far as what is right, if anyone maintains their independence it is because they are strong. If we do not attack them it is because we are afraid to do so. By overthrowing the Melians the Athenians hoped to extend their empire. They also hoped to improve their security by improving thei ...
... Athenians: As far as what is right, if anyone maintains their independence it is because they are strong. If we do not attack them it is because we are afraid to do so. By overthrowing the Melians the Athenians hoped to extend their empire. They also hoped to improve their security by improving thei ...
Doryanthes AUGUST 2011
... No doubt, the disgrace of Miltiades in 489 (Hdt., 6.135; Nepos, Miltiades, 7) had an adverse effect on the renown of Marathon. However, there would be other memorials to the battle. These result from a concerted program of Cimon’s to assert the glory of Marathon and, hence, rehabilitate the reputat ...
... No doubt, the disgrace of Miltiades in 489 (Hdt., 6.135; Nepos, Miltiades, 7) had an adverse effect on the renown of Marathon. However, there would be other memorials to the battle. These result from a concerted program of Cimon’s to assert the glory of Marathon and, hence, rehabilitate the reputat ...
Sparta/Athens Comparison Sources Beck, Roger, et. Al. World
... directly and not through representatives. Male citizens in the assembly made all important government policies that affected the polis. “(Beck 135) P: at top of of government is the Council of 500, 500 random citizens of Athens who created laws (Beck 128) P:assembly for all citizens could veto counc ...
... directly and not through representatives. Male citizens in the assembly made all important government policies that affected the polis. “(Beck 135) P: at top of of government is the Council of 500, 500 random citizens of Athens who created laws (Beck 128) P:assembly for all citizens could veto counc ...
B R A I
... Meanwhile the opposite [river] bank, which was steep, was lined with Syracusans, who showered missiles down upon the Athenians, most of them drinking greedily and heaped together in disorder in the hollow bed of the river. The [Spartans] also came down and butchered them, especially those in the wat ...
... Meanwhile the opposite [river] bank, which was steep, was lined with Syracusans, who showered missiles down upon the Athenians, most of them drinking greedily and heaped together in disorder in the hollow bed of the river. The [Spartans] also came down and butchered them, especially those in the wat ...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book IV.
... astute tyrant of Syracuse, maintained in a Grecian colony the splendour of the Grecian name. The ambition of Persia, still the great monarchy of the world, was permanently checked and crippled; the strength of generations had been wasted, and the immense extent of the empire only served yet more to ...
... astute tyrant of Syracuse, maintained in a Grecian colony the splendour of the Grecian name. The ambition of Persia, still the great monarchy of the world, was permanently checked and crippled; the strength of generations had been wasted, and the immense extent of the empire only served yet more to ...
Week 11: The Peloponnesian War, Part II
... Scionaeans; Mende, Scione’s neighbor to the west, revolts. Nicias operating from Potidaea, which Brasidas fails to capture, takes Mende; Athenians begin siege of Scione. Perdiccas, disillusioned with Sparta, seeks relations with Athens again. Capua (Italy) is captured by Samnite tribesmen. Leontini ...
... Scionaeans; Mende, Scione’s neighbor to the west, revolts. Nicias operating from Potidaea, which Brasidas fails to capture, takes Mende; Athenians begin siege of Scione. Perdiccas, disillusioned with Sparta, seeks relations with Athens again. Capua (Italy) is captured by Samnite tribesmen. Leontini ...
A Survey of Greek History
... Thersites, an upstart commoner without the support of an army, tries to dress down Agamemnon and the other Argive leaders, he is silenced with a box around the ears. Free speech had its limits in the Homeric world. In the Odyssey, Odysseus marks the mid-afternoon by saying that it is “when a man ris ...
... Thersites, an upstart commoner without the support of an army, tries to dress down Agamemnon and the other Argive leaders, he is silenced with a box around the ears. Free speech had its limits in the Homeric world. In the Odyssey, Odysseus marks the mid-afternoon by saying that it is “when a man ris ...
On Thucydides` History
... send a trireme to kill the men and enslave all of the women and children. How144 ...
... send a trireme to kill the men and enslave all of the women and children. How144 ...
5 Ancient Greece
... Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War The story told in the Iliad is so popular that it has been told and retold, even by Hollywood in a twenty-first century movie. Whether any part of the story is true is still a mystery. Some archaeological discoveries have only added to the debate. The story was proba ...
... Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War The story told in the Iliad is so popular that it has been told and retold, even by Hollywood in a twenty-first century movie. Whether any part of the story is true is still a mystery. Some archaeological discoveries have only added to the debate. The story was proba ...
Marathon and the Myth of the Same-Day March
... the basis for his discussion of Marathon in the second edition of the Cambridge Ancient History.12 Hammond's imprimatur quickly ensured renewed and wide currency for the same-day myth, not only in the specialist literature, but also in books written for wider audiences: Peter Green, in a popular his ...
... the basis for his discussion of Marathon in the second edition of the Cambridge Ancient History.12 Hammond's imprimatur quickly ensured renewed and wide currency for the same-day myth, not only in the specialist literature, but also in books written for wider audiences: Peter Green, in a popular his ...
World History
... All life in Sparta revolved around the army. Men strove to be first-rate soldiers Women worked to be good mothers of soldiers Spartans didn’t like other Greeks who chose to live behind walls for protection Spartan men provided the best protection. ...
... All life in Sparta revolved around the army. Men strove to be first-rate soldiers Women worked to be good mothers of soldiers Spartans didn’t like other Greeks who chose to live behind walls for protection Spartan men provided the best protection. ...
View Michael Peters` presentation in print
... Its purpose in opposing Athens was to insure freedom for the Greeks. Sparta saw herself, and wanted others to see her, as the Greeks' champion against unnecessary, unwanted , and overbearing Athenian domination. In other words, it was in the interest of Sparta and the other Greek states to destroy t ...
... Its purpose in opposing Athens was to insure freedom for the Greeks. Sparta saw herself, and wanted others to see her, as the Greeks' champion against unnecessary, unwanted , and overbearing Athenian domination. In other words, it was in the interest of Sparta and the other Greek states to destroy t ...
The Historians: Herodotus and Thucydides
... Elephantine in Egypt, east to Babylon, west to Thurii in Italy, as well as across Greece and the Aegean, particularly Samos. The dominant event of his lifetime – the Persian Wars – took place when he was only a child. His adult life coincided with the period of Athenian dominance in Greece and the ...
... Elephantine in Egypt, east to Babylon, west to Thurii in Italy, as well as across Greece and the Aegean, particularly Samos. The dominant event of his lifetime – the Persian Wars – took place when he was only a child. His adult life coincided with the period of Athenian dominance in Greece and the ...
The Bribing of Ismenias
... of the Athenian public [the plethos] — at any rate, they keep electing him to their highest public offices. ...
... of the Athenian public [the plethos] — at any rate, they keep electing him to their highest public offices. ...