PPT-The Empires of Persia

Persia Lies between Mesopotamia and central Asia Subject to various invasions and migrations from the east People were IndoEuropean Had strong military emphasis and tradition 600 BCE Began conquests throughout the regions that led to 1000 year empire. Before the war. 400s B.C.: Persian Empire intends to extend influence over all of Europe. Greek city-states cooperate with each other in resisting the Persian attack. The Persian Wars. 546 B.C.: Persian armies led by Cyrus II, conquered Greek city-states of Ionia in Asia Minor. EARLY MODERN ISLAM . 1450 TO 1750. DYNASTIC STATE. The Ottoman, . Safavid. , . Mughal. rulers and Islam . All three Islamic empires were military creations. Called Gunpowder empires as guns were critical to rise of empire. Wars among the . Greek . poli. were . common in the . fifth century before . the Common Era, . but the city-states . united to defend . themselves against . Persia, the most powerful empire in the world at that time. . 11/2014. History of Persia. Built upon the collective culture of ancient Mesopotamian and Fertile Crescent Empires (from Sumerians, Babylonians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians). Ancient Persian people’s came south from the Caucasus Mt./Caspian Sea regions. Iran/Persia. Iran/Persia. To be clear- Iran and Persia are the same place.. Ringed by mountains and lacking resources, Persia was a hostile landscape and had few resources. What does this mean for the economy?. Persia becomes an Empire. While the Athenians were taking the first steps toward creating a democracy, a new power was rising in the East. This power, the Persian Empire, would one day attack Greece. But early in their history, the Persians were an unorganized nomadic people. It took the skills of leaders like Cyrus the Great and Darius I to change that situation. Under these leaders, the Persians created a huge empire, one of the mightiest of the ancient world.. 600 BCE-600 CE. Characteristics of an Empire. Takes over others and manipulates them to follow the central power. . Creates rules and regulations that connects those that are conquered to the central power, but that central power doesn’t have to follow those rules. . Maps can help sometimes…. Osman. Successful . Ghazi. . g. “Warrior for . I. slam”. Followers became the Ottomans. Built Muslim state in modern day Turkey between 1300-1326. Cannons and gunpowder made him successful. Chapter 12. What you really need to know. 1. Largest Continuous Land Empire. It promoted the spread of ideas and movement of. people in Eurasia.. Pax. . Mongolica. Exposed Europeans to Gunpowder for the first time. . “Despite his image as a bloody tyrant, Genghis was also forward thinking. His empire had the first international postal system, invented the concept of diplomatic immunity, and even allowed women in its councils. But more importantly, the Mongols were also unprecedented in their religious tolerance.” . Main Idea. Details. Notemaking. The Ottoman . Empire to 1750. Expansion and Frontiers. Longest lasting of the post-Mongol Muslim. Empire. Founded around 1300 and lasting until the end of WWI (1919). Persia developed the largest empire in the world. .. How did Persia govern its empire?. WHI.4a. Oldest Civilization. Iron Technology. Hebrews. WHI.4a. Persians as rulers. Tolerance. (acceptance) of conquered peoples. The . Achaemenid. Empire. Indo-European migrants to Persia (Iran) – subject to Mesopotamian empires. Pastoral, limited agriculture. Clan-based. Militarily strong – horse-riding archers . The . Achaemenid. Motives for Imperialism. In the late 1800s, Western countries wished to join Britain in building overseas empires. Imperialism. (the domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region).