The Persians

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The Persians

• The Achaemenid Empire (550-420 BC)
• Cyrus the Great (559-530)
• Cambyses II (530-522)
• Darius the Great (521-486)
• First War between Persia and Greece
• Battle of Marathon (490)
• Xerxes the Great (486-465)
• Second War between Persia and Greece
• Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis (480)

Key Terms Achaemenid Empire Cyrus the
Great Darius the Great Battle of Marathon Xerxes
the Great
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The Persians (contd)

• Ancient Persian Religion
• Early Religion
• Zoroastrianism
• Zarathustra (Zoroaster)
• The Gathas
• God Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord)
• Attributes Amesha-Spentas
• Devil Angra Mainya
• Zoroastrian Dualism

Key Terms Zoroastrianism
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The Greek Renaissance(c. 900-750 BCE)

• Aristocratic Rule
• The Rise of the Polis
• Panhellenism
• Writing and the Invention of the Alphabet

Key Terms polis
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Greek Archaic Period(c. 750-500 BCE)
Key Terms Solon miasma Cleisthenes

• Solon of Athens (594-560)
• miasma
• Invention of Democracy in Athens (510)

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Greek Classical Period (500-335)

• The Athenian Empire
• The Peloponnesian War (431-404)
• Spartan Supremacy (404-371)
• Theban Supremacy (371-361)

Key Terms Peloponnesian War
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