Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hoplite, Zoroastrianism, Aristagoras

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

The persian war ushers greece into the classical age. Persia was the most colossal empire at the time. The assyrians ( bandit kings ) had been around for several hundred years as a dominant power before being destroyed in 612 bc. They would go into a region and give people an option: either submit to their rule and gouge out an eyeball or have the city ransacked and be skinned alive. Rise of persians (559 522) had a well thought out systematic empire, controlling india, iran, They would set up a governing system of laws, a pony express system, etc. Many jews welcomed the persians who they thought god sent king cyrus (550 530) to free them from assyrian rule, but others thought they opposite. Darius (521 486) tries to organize the whole of the empire into a capitalistic hub with a capital, road system, etc