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Persia and Greece

Persia and Greece

I. Introduction A. Greece and Persia were neighboring empires that … WHEN? ? ?

I. Introduction A. Greece and Persia were neighboring empires that … WHEN? ? ? B. Dual expansion led … C. Despite Persia’s defeat at the hands of the Greeks… 1. Decline 2. Legacy – Why do we focus so heavily on Greece? ? ? 3. Greece was no more important than any other classic civilization.

II. Before Persia A. Assyria (950 – 612 BCE) 1. Ruled area of ?

II. Before Persia A. Assyria (950 – 612 BCE) 1. Ruled area of ? ? ? 2. Declined because a. Empire was … b. Nobles were… c. Rebellions

II. Before Persia

II. Before Persia

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. )

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. )

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT A. Rise 1. 2.

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT A. Rise 1. 2. 3. 4. Location Cyrus the Great and Darius attacks … BUT ? ? ? Xerxes a. Battle of Thermopylae 5. Battle of Salamis

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT B. Social Structure and

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT B. Social Structure and Culture 1. Family structure ? ? ? 2. Social Classes: What do you think they were? a. Warriors, Priests, Nobles b. Scribes, Merchants, Bureaucrats c. Peasants, Artisans 3. Language

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT C. Religion 1. Zoroastrianism

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT C. Religion 1. Zoroastrianism – Emphasizes ? ? ? a. Choosing between ? ? ? b. Last judgment … c. First step in the direction of …

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT D. Political structure 1.

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT D. Political structure 1. Centralized Government HOW? ? ? a. Empire was divided into ? ? ? A. Satrapies – provinces b. Governed by ? ? ? A. B. Satraps (governors) Who were they? ? ? c. The regions paid tribute to the king WHAT? ? ? d. Conquered peoples had … Led to WHAT? ? ? 2. Government built ? ? ? WHY? ? ? a. Increased trade and to control the empire b. **FUN FACT ALERT** Led to ? ? ?

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT E. Decline – Defeat

III. Persia (550 – 330 B. C. E. ) CONT E. Decline – Defeat in 477 B. C. E. to ? ? ? 1. Played small role in … BUT … Persian War

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) A. Geography 1. ? ? ? 2. Lacked ? ? ? Led to ? ? ? 3. Natural barriers led to … a. No central government 4. Also led to … 5. Hellenistic empire

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) B. The Emergence of City-States (Poli) 1. Featured ? ? ? a. Stress on … 2. City-States competed for ? ? ? 3. Two strongest city-states ? ? ? fought in … a. Who wins? ? ? b. Who REALLY wins? ? ? 1) Weakened Greek unity 2) Conquered by ? ? ? a) King Philip of Macedonia b) Alexander the Great

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) C. Religion 1. Polytheistic religion featuring … 2. Little appeal among the commoners since it lacked “mystery. ” a. What does “mystery” mean? ? ? b. Hellenistic age produces many mystery religions 3. No major religion established differs from ? ? ?

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) D. Politics – Birth of ? ? ? 1. Expansion of trade led to … 2. Eventually led to ? ? ? a. Caused a shift in people’s allegiance from … b. Led to wide-spread participation in government – DEMOCRACY c. Does everyone vote? ? ? Can anyone be a politician? ? ? WHY? ? ? 3. Level of democracy varied a. Athens? ? ? Sparta? ? ?

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) E. Greek Society 1. Patriarchal – BUT… 2. Slavery

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) F. Greek Culture 1. Large cultural gap … 2. Based on four principles: 1) 2) 3) 4) Emphasis on ? ? ? Art and sculpture glorified ? ? ? Drama and philosophy stressed … The philosophical and scientific tradition emphasized ? ? ? 3. Major Philosophers? ? ?

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) G. Decline 1. Alexander creates …

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE)

IV. Classical Greece (500 – 338 BCE) and Hellenistic Empire (323 – 30 BCE) 2. After Alexander’s death, the empire declined… WHY? ? ? 3. Hellenistic Age a. Blending of … 4. Hellenistic Kingdoms a. b. c. d. Macedonia – Antigonid Dynasty Syria & East – Seleucid Dynasty Pergamum – Attalid Dynasty Egypt – Ptolemy Dynasty

V. Conclusion A. Greeks did not develop ? ? ? Who did? ? ?

V. Conclusion A. Greeks did not develop ? ? ? Who did? ? ? 1. Democracy of Greeks was … 2. In 1700 s used to justify establishing own forms of democracy B. Legacy was … 1. Citizenship 2. Heritage of Slavery 3. Art and Philosophy – Most Lasting Contribution a. KEY IDEA – Ordinary People… 4. Fundamental in developing Middle Eastern and Western Civilization

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