Download Persia and Greece: Interactions and Growth

Persia and Greece:
Interactions and Growth
Revolt and War
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546 BCE –
Cyrus/Persia control
Greek centers in Asia
499 BCE – Ionian
Revolt
490 BCE – Eretria and
Athens (Marathon)
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480 BCE – Xerxes led
HUGE invasion
Hellenic League –
resistance
Thermopylae, Athens
Salamis, Plataea –
Persians defeated
477 BCE - Athenian navy
– Delian League
Liberate Greek colonies
from Persia
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Why would some Eretrians have sold out
their city to the Persians?
What resources did the Persians and
Greeks have at their disposal during the
Persian – Greek wars? What “Achilles’
heel” did each have?
Athens: Naval Power
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Late 6th c. BCE –
trireme
Hoplites vs. rowers
Domination of weaker
polis - $$
Funded: democracy,
public building
projects (Acropolis),
and cultural
achievements
(festivals, tragedies)
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What is paradoxical about Athenian
democracy?
Philosophers
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Sophists = spin doctors
Socrates – question,
“know nothing”, execution
in 399 BCE
Plato – philosopher –
kings, mysticism, WROTE
IT DOWN
Aristotle – tutor for
Alexander the Great,
founder of modern
disciplines
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How did the death of Socrates impact
Plato’s views on government?
Athenian Society
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10 – 15% of
population citizens
SLAVERY HUGE –
domestic
Women (Sparta vs.
Athens)
Marriage
Public vs. private
roles
Bisexuality - purpose
How did Greek slavery differ from other
forms in the ancient world?
Peloponnesian War
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Causes of unrest
Spartan vs. Athenian
alliance systems
Pericles – fortification
404 BCE – Spartan
victory
Warfare between polis
King’s Peace 387 BCE
– Persia back in
control of Greek
colonies in Asia
Macedonians
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Phillip II
Hoplites/cavalry/catapults
338 BCE – Confederacy of
Corinth vs. Persia
Alexander the Great
invades Asia in 334 BCE –
REVENGE!
Darius III – lost empire
Alexandria and Greek
cities
Adoption of Persian
administration, inclusion
in government, legitimacy
through marriage
Why did the Persian empire fall so quickly?