The Persian Empire 559 B.C. – 330 B.C.. Cyrus the Great!

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The Persian Empire 559 B.C. – 330 B.C.

Cyrus the Great!

I.Cyrus the Great (559 – 530 B.C.) A.United many local tribes into the largest empire of the world - The Persian Empire! B.Cyrus also allowed conquered people to continue to practice their customs and religious beliefs C.Ended the Babylonian Captivity D.This began the Persian tradition of treating conquered people honorably and with mercy (Jews)

King Darius

II.Darius (521 B.C. – 486 B.C.) A. Unites Persia once again after massive fighting after Cyrus dies B. Begins building a new city at Persepolis and The Royal Road which is used for transportation of goods and messages to unite the empire C. Expands and reorganizes his empire into provinces called satrapies to better govern the massive amount of land. We borrow this concept (States)

The Persian Wars Battle of Marathon (Darius) Battle of Salamis (Xerxes)

The Father of History! Today, we know about these battles because of the Greek historian Herodotus

Herodotus A.“The Father of History” B.Wrote about the history of the Persian Wars, Egypt and Greece C.Interviewed people who lived through the events – first hand accounts! D.Wrote in an interesting style to please readers – writings gained popularity! E.Gave both sides of an account F.His accuracy is sometimes questioned as he may not have checked facts

III.The Battle of Marathon A.King Darius wants to defeat Greeks for interfering with this kingdom B.Persians greatly outnumber the Athenians C.Athenians win because of better armor, strategy and the phalanx

The first Marathon! A marathon today is named after the legendary runner Pheidippides Legend has it that he ran from Marathon to Athens (about 26 miles) to announce victory and warn them of Persian attack He then collapsed and died from exhaustion.

IV.King Xerxes A.Son of Darius who lost the Battle of Marathon B.Wanted to avenge his father’s loss and defeat the Greeks.

Xerxes in the movie 300

Xerxes invades Greece! A.Xerxes brings an overwhelming Persian army into Greece B.However, have an extremely difficult time invading because they have to pass through a very narrow passageway called at Thermopylae C. This is the famous stand of the 300 Spartan soldiers who hold off Xerxes while the other Greeks retreat.

Xerxes is on the move! After finally getting through the pass at Thermopylae, Xerxes arrives at Athens to find the city deserted He loots the Acropolis and burns the city to the ground. He then prepares his naval fleet for the decisive battle to defeat the Greeks!

Themistocles saves Greece! A.Athens retreat from their city and Xerxes burns it to the ground B.Under the leadership of Themistocles the Greeks come up with one final plan to save their way of life!

The Greeks defeat Persia A.The Greeks decide to lure the Persians into the Straight of Salamis so that they could better fight the Persians B.The Greek navy is made up of small ships that can easily outmaneuver the huge Persian fleet. C.The Persian Wars end and Greece enters into a “Golden Age”

Greek Trireme

V.Fall of the Persian Empire A.Defeated Persians return home B.High taxes angered subjects and led to rebellions against the throne C.6 of next 9 kings murdered = instability in the government D.Alexander the Great took advantage of their weakened state and conquered another King Darius and the Persian Empire