1. Monday September 11 Classical Era in the West
Warmup:
Think, Pair, Share
Write down your answer and your partner’s answer.
If you were a ruler (king/queen), why would you want to conquer other civilizations and societies?
Monday September 11
Classical Era in the West
Persian Empire
Notes
Cyrus the Great WS

2. THE PERSIANS
Unit 2

3. PERSIANS
Location: Iran
Conquests
Egypt
Indus
Mesopotamia

4. PERSIANS King Cyrus the Great
Extremely well liked. Written favorably by the Greeks and Jewish people.
Expanded the empire and roads
Conquered Asia Minor, parts of Asia, and the Mesopotamian cities of Babylon, Sumer, Akkad.

5. PERSIANS King Cyrus the Great Freed the exiled Jews in Babylon
Mentioned multiple times in the Old Testament.
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits, (Ezra 6:3)

6. PERSIANS King Darius First invasion of Greece
King Xerxes (King in 300)
Second invasion of Greece

7. Cyrus the Great Persians Crash Course End at 3minute mark

8. ADMINISTRATION Royal Road Satraps Provincial Governors Bureaucracy
Appointed officials
Innovations
Communication systems
Royal Road

9. PERSIAN CULTURE
Economics:
Agriculture
Trade

10. RELIGION Zoroastrianism (570BC) Founded by Zoroaster
Dualism- good and evil
The whole universe is a battleground between these two forces.
Forbid slavery
Ahura Mazda
Creator and sole god of Zoroastrianism

11. CONFLICT Persian War (500-479 BCE)
Darius’ Invasion: Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE
Pheidippides and the Battle of Marathon
The plain of Marathon was 26.2 miles away from Athens.
Xerxes Invasion: Battle of Salamis , 480 BCE

12. Persian Wars

13. Rise of Greece Delian League
The successful defense of the Greek city-states was a turning point in history.
The Persian empire begins to decline and the Golden Age of Greece arrives.

14. Finish Cyrus the Great Worksheet
With any remaining time you can work on missing/late work from Unit 1 or begin to work on Unit 2 vocab terms.

15. Exit Question
What do you think would have happened if the Persians would have defeated the Greek city-states?