1. The Persians The Achaemenid Empire (550-420 BC)
Cyrus the Great ( )
Cambyses II ( )
Darius the Great ( )
First War between Persia and Greece
Battle of Marathon (490)
Xerxes the Great ( )
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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Greek Classical Period (500-335)
The Athenian Empire
The Peloponnesian War ( )
Spartan Supremacy ( )
Theban Supremacy ( )
Key Terms
Peloponnesian War