ANCH1240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dolopia, Cultural Relativism, Perrhaebi
31 Jul 2018
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The persian wars refers to the conflict between greece and persia in the 5th century bce which involved two invasions by the latter in 490 and 480 bce. Several of the most famous and significant battles in history were fought during the wars, these were at marathon, thermopylae, salamis, and plataea, all of which would become legendary. The greeks were, ultimately, victorious and their civilization preserved. If they had been defeated then the western world may not have inherited from them such lasting cultural contributions as democracy, classical architecture and sculpture, theatre, and the olympic games. Why did the war break out: the ambitions of the city-state of miletus and the ionian revolt. Miletus, fled crete to escape the advances of king minos. Killed the giant, asterius, son of anax (region is called anactoria: archaeology: Evidence from euboia, caria, lydia, crete, naxos, cyprus, phoenucia and egypt. Miletus: one of the 12 principle great ionian cities of asia.
