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The Persians
• The Achaemenid Empire (550-420 BC)
– Cyrus the Great (559-530)
– Cambyses II (530-522)
– Darius the Great (521-486)
• First War between Persia and Greece
– Battle of Marathon (490)
– Xerxes the Great (486-465)
• Second War between Persia and Greece
– Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis (480)
Key Terms
Achaemenid Empire
Cyrus the Great
Darius the Great
Battle of Marathon
Xerxes the Great
The Persians (cont’d)
• Ancient Persian Religion
– Early Religion
– Zoroastrianism
• Zarathustra (Zoroaster)
• The Gathas
• God = Ahura Mazda (“Wise Lord”)
– Attributes = Amesha-Spentas
• Devil = Angra Mainya
• Zoroastrian Dualism
Key Terms
Zoroastrianism
The Greek “Renaissance”
(c. 900-750 BCE)
• Aristocratic Rule
• The Rise of the
Polis
• Panhellenism
• Writing and the
Invention of the
Alphabet
Key Terms
polis
Greek Archaic Period
(c. 750-500 BCE)
• Solon of Athens (594-560)
– miasma
Key Terms
Solon
miasma
Cleisthenes
• Invention of Democracy in Athens (510)
Greek Classical Period (500-335)
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The Athenian Empire
The Peloponnesian War (431-404)
Spartan Supremacy (404-371)
Theban Supremacy (371-361)
Key Terms
Peloponnesian War
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