1. September 6, 2016 Get out 2 sheets of paper and pencil
Persian War, Peloponnesian War, Alexander the Great Notes
HW: Vocab & Notes due 9/14

2. Persian War Persian Empire stretched up to Asia Minor
Included Ionian Greeks
Greeks living in Anatolia
Ionian Greeks resented Persian rule and revolt in 499 B.C
Athenians aid Ionians

3. Persian Wars B.C. – 479 B.C.
Darius I retaliates against Athenians in 490 B.C.
Greek city-states unite against Persians
First time there is identity of being “Greek”
Outnumbered Athenians defeat Persians at Marathon

4. Persian Wars B.C. – 479 B.C.
Darius I dies and son Xerxes becomes king in 486 B.C.
Athenians build up navy after Battle of Marathon (circa 483 B.C.)
Xerxes invades Greece in 480 B.C.
Battle of Thermopylae
300 Spartans fight thousands of Persians
Persians march south and destroy Athens

5. Persian Wars 490 B.C. – 479 B.C. Battle of Salamis
Athenians draw Persians to narrow channel between Salamis and mainland
Persian ships too big to maneuver around smaller Greek ships
Greeks victorious
Persian War ends next year in 479 B.C. with the Greeks victorious

6. Results of the Persian War
The Greek sense of unity was increased.
Athens emerged as the most powerful city-state in Greece.
Athens organized the Delian League, an alliance with other Greek city-states.
Athens used the league to assert power and build an Athenian Empire.

7. The Age of Pericles: 460-429 B.C.
Brought Athens into its Golden Age
Rebuilt the city and started building the Parthenon
Direct Democracy, culture, drama, education, philosophy

8. Peloponessian War and Thucydides

9. Peloponnesian War: 431B.C. – 404 B.C.
Resentment towards Athenian domination
Conflict between Athens and Sparta
Athens couldn’t attack inland Sparta with its navy
Sparta’s superior army attacks and destroys Athens
Plague kills 1/3 of Athenians, including Pericles

10. Aftermath of Peloponnesian War
Sparta is victorious
Golden Age of Athens ends
Left Greek city-states weak and vulnerable to invasion from Macedonia

11. Alexander’s origins
Father, King Philip II, conquered Greek city- states
Born in Pella, Macedonia
Tutored by the Greek
philosopher, Aristotle

12. Alexander The Great King Philip II murdered in 336 B.C
Alexander becomes King of Macedonia at age 20
Gradually expands his army eastward to the Indus River Valley
Alexander conquered the Persian empire and controlled the largest empire the world has ever seen.
Alexander dies in 323 B.C. at age of 32

14. Alexander’s Empire after death
Divided into 5 sections
Three main sections:
Kingdom of Ptolemy
Egypt
Kingdom of Selecus
Parts of Persia and India
Kingdom of Antigonus
Asia Minor

15. Alexander spread Hellenistic culture throughout Asia.
Hellenistic: culture formed from blending Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian cultures.
Created many new cities
Such as Alexandria, Egypt
Alexander spread Greek technology, culture, and ideas throughout his empire
cultural diffusion