PPT-Persia

600 BCE600 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 doesnt have to follow those rules . California Standard 6.4.5. Outline the founding, expansion and political organization of the Persian Empire.. How did it begin…. The Assyrian Empire was small Israelite state by Tigris River . In 700 BCE it included Mesopotamia, some of Asia Minor, Egypt and Palestine . 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. . 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.. Wars. The Persian Wars. A series of battles between Persia and the Greeks that lasted . 50 years. From 499 - 449 BC. Resulted in unifying the Greeks and started the decline of the Persian empire. The Persian Empire. 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.. The Greeks at War. AIM: . Why . were . the conquests of Alexander the Great important to the development of the Western World?. Do Now: . Quiz. Write Down Aim in Notebook. Thermopylae. “. Stranger, go tell the Spartans that we lie here in obedience to their laws.”. Chapter . 13. I: A Prophet and His World. Arabian Peninsula: . harsh environment. , . Bedouins (nomadic herders, clan-based, polytheistic), . long-distance trade . (sea -> camel caravan). Link between India/China and Persia/Byzantine. (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.". What caused the classical empires to develop and what effects did this development have on civilization?. What were the major political, religious/philosophical and cultural influences of Persia?. I. GEOGRAPHY. 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. . es in Persianate Societies ($5,000). 2004: Open Society Institute Grant for organization of second biennial conference of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies in Yerevan, Armenia ($ PERSIAPERSIA is the tradix00740069onal and historical name of the region known today as modern-day IRAN Since ancient x00740069mes Persia has remained a powerful polix00740069cal and cultural force in Downloaded from https://annals.org by University of Pittsburgh user on 09/05/2019 Tabl 1 Somati Symptom Commonl Associate wit War-Relate Medica an Psychologica IllnessesSymptoWa an IllnesU.S Civi WarW