HISTORY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bogeyman, Mardonius, Ionian Revolt
9 Jan 2016
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Persians: indo-european peoples: modern fars region, related to medes (median empire) The achaemenid: 553 bce: persians overthrow median empire, cyrus ii (the great) Achaemenid timeline: cyrus the great (559-530 bce, cambyses (530-523) He conquered egypt and was assassinated (this is where the persian debate comes from: darius the great (522-486 bce) He took bactria, sogdiana, india, thrace: comprised of groups of units from across the empire, cavalry, archers. He conquers lydia (including ionian cities) and babylon. Herodotus: persian boy is taught three things: ride horse, shoot straight, be. They could do whatever as long as they obeyed the king: respect local customs, languages, political organization and religious beliefs. All of these were tolerated regardless of where you come. Earth and water: if you want to be friends with persia, they would require these tokens: other reforms. Spy network all across the empire who tell the king what is going on.
