The Persians The Achaemenid Empire ( BC)

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The Persians The Achaemenid Empire (550-420 BC) Cyrus the Great (559-530) Cambyses II (530-522) Darius the Great (521-486) First War between Persia and Greece Battle of Marathon (490) Xerxes the Great (486-465) Second War between Persia and Greece Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis (480) Key Terms Achaemenid Empire Cyrus the Great Darius the Great Battle of Marathon Xerxes the Great

The Persians (cont’d) Ancient Persian Religion Early Religion Zoroastrianism Zarathustra (Zoroaster) The Gathas God = Ahura Mazda (“Wise Lord”) Attributes = Amesha-Spentas Devil = Angra Mainya Zoroastrian Dualism Key Terms Zoroastrianism

The Greek “Renaissance” (c. 900-750 BCE) Aristocratic Rule The Rise of the Polis Panhellenism Writing and the Invention of the Alphabet Key Terms polis

Greek Archaic Period (c. 750-500 BCE) Key Terms Solon miasma Cleisthenes Solon of Athens (594-560) miasma Invention of Democracy in Athens (510)

Greek Classical Period (500-335) The Athenian Empire The Peloponnesian War (431-404) Spartan Supremacy (404-371) Theban Supremacy (371-361) Key Terms Peloponnesian War