Athens After Marathon Flashcards
What occurred at the same time as the emergence of the Persian Empire?
the political transformation of Greek Poleis
how do we know about Persian history
no persian literature survived so we got information from non-persian sources
such as writing of babylonian, aramaid, hebrew and greek historians, to whom the persians were seen as barbarians
Where did the Persians come from
south west iran
the Persians were an ____-________ people
indo european
The Medes and the Babylonians overthrew the mighty Assyrian empire and thus built what?
the first Iranian Empire
what is the meaning of “satrapies”
provinces
who invented the first satrapy of the Persian empire and came before Darius
Cyrus
Cyrus’ son ______ conquered Egypt, then ______
Camyses
Darius known as ‘the great king”
Cyrus lead the conquest of the Lydian kingdom of Croesus which lead to a confrontation between who?
His conquest of the Lydian kingdom of Croesus lead to the confrontation between the Persians and the European Greeks which would redefine the course of Greek history
along with his conquest, what else did cyrus do for persia
He also extended Persia’s territory to include all of western Asia minor
