Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cyrus The Great, Greco-Persian Wars, Peisistratos

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

Document Summary

The persian wars (490 and 480 478 bc) Most historians say this marks the beginning of the classical age and end of the archaic age. Archaic age begins because a lot of things that we have come to see as. Archaic age ends because the greek world takes flight and pushes into the classical period, and it is this war that drives the greek world into a new age. In the near east, they were the dominant culture, very influential. Had the greeks been overwhelmed by the persians, the world would be a better place . No empire in the east until the persians. Assyrians were terrifying people to those around them, but then they leave. Very violent, threatening, people were scared of them. Zoroastrianism = religion, forces of light against forces of darkness. They incorporated, take the people and make them part of their people. Many of the greeks welcomed becoming part of the persian empire.