PPT-The Assyrians and Persians

Turn paragraph in to the tray Get ready to take notes Have Persian packet on desk Assyrian Empire Empire A large area of land ruled by one person 900700 BCE Assyrian Empire dominated. Turn paragraph in to the tray.. Get ready to take notes.. Have Persian packet on desk.. Assyrian Empire. • . Empire: A large area of land ruled by one. person. • . 900-700 BCE: Assyrian Empire dominated. 500 B.C.. Greece. Persia. Greek and Persian Empires. The Persian territory was very large, and needed to be linked by road systems.. The Royal Road was the largest (1500 miles).. The Road connected Persia to Anatolia and had stations along the way for travelers to obtain food, water, and fresh horses.. Causes. Greek colonies in Asia Minor rebelled against Persian Rule. The Mother cities like Athens sent aid to those cities, which made the Persians mad. According to legend, the Persian Emperor Darius was so mad, he had a servant whisper “Master, don’t forget the Athenians” into his ear every day.. The Greeks. Phalanx. The Creation of the Phalanx (800BC-100BC). a rectangular mass formation, . composed entirely of heavy . infantry. armed with . spears. , . pikes. , or similar weapons.. The word phalanx derives from the Greek word (. Part 2: Alexander the Great. Lesson 20. Part 1: Greece. Theme: The Decline of the City-states. Lesson 20. ID & SIG. Delian League, Marathon, Peloponnesian War, Persian Wars, Thermopylae. Persian Wars. Cleaning Up. Spartans try to keep Athens from building back.. After Xerxes leaves, the Greeks still have Persians on Aegean islands and in Ionia that they have to clear out.. Spartans and Peloponnesian cities pull out of the Hellenic League (no surprise there). The Persian Wars, 499-479 BCE. Classical Greece. Greece was not alone in the ancient world. . Other civilizations were developing around the Mediterranean. . One of the largest and most powerful was the . Greece’s Finest Hours. Where is Persia?. Why Fight?. Greeks had been settling on the west coast of Asia Minor (Persia). Persia conquered these colonies. In 499 B.C. Greeks in these colonies revolted against Persian rule (they were used to ruling themselves—democracy). Invasions of Mesopotamia. Several other civilizations also developed in and around the Fertile Crescent. As their armies battled each other for fertile land, control of the region passed from one empire to another.. Emprie. The Persians. At about the same time that the Athenians were creating a democracy, the Persian Empire was rising in the east.. Persians began as an unorganized, nomadic people who often fought other people of Southwest Asia, sometimes winning, sometimes losing.. Invasions of Mesopotamia. Several other civilizations also developed in and around the Fertile Crescent. As their armies battled each other for fertile land, control of the region passed from one empire to another.. (We’re not watching 300). All accounts of war are Greek, no Persian records found . Main source- . Herodotus 484-425BC. “Father of History”. Persian Wars- 499-449 BC. "For the first time, a chronicler set himself to trace the origins of a conflict not to a past so remote so as to be utterly fabulous, nor to the whims and wishes of some god, nor to a people's claim to manifest destiny, but rather explanations he could verify personally.". 5,321. 3,445,234. King Leonidas . @. LeotheSpartan. . King Leonidas @. LeotheSpartan. I have been slain. I don’t like Persia, how dare you put my head on a spear! #. WaitforSalamis. . Themistocles @Athenian General. Dawn at Tell Tamir: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River 19th to the early 20th century when the Assyrians of the Hakkari were "rediscovered" by Europeans and Americans, most of them C