HIST 025 Lecture 8: Hist_25_-_Class_8
29 May 2020
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Western part of plateau is most habitable. Medes fought many wars with the assyrians and scythians founder. Got nineveh death of assyrian empire. 550 bce cyrus the great or the persians took over medes empire. Achaemenid empire or dynasty was on the rise. Welded persians and medes into a single states. 539 took over babylon freed hebrew leaders in babylon. 530 killed leaving a vast empire for his son . Revolt broke out back in persia in 522 and was killed on the way back. Left one of his armies in egypt lost army of cambyses . Once he became persian ruler he became a good one. 490 bce - persian or greco-persian wars. Defeated by greeks in the battle of marathon and died during a new invasion. Drafting people in army so they would fight well and loyally. Persepolis/persia: 4 capitals, not one, important to be present in person/empire.
