ECO 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gie, Amy Chua, Bosphorus
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Egypt fell to the invasion of the nubians and lost their military power, after which they fell to the persians. A lot of people think that the persian empire had the first hegemonic societal structure. The persian empire lasted for 1200 years and had 4 eras: achaemenid (558-330 bc, seleucid (323-83 bc, parthian (247 bc 224 ad, sasanid (224-651 ad) This strategy was smart; persians maintained their dominance over them, (cid:271)ut did(cid:374)"t a(cid:374)tago(cid:374)ize the(cid:373) so (cid:373)u(cid:272)h that the(cid:455) (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to be part of the empire. Duri(cid:374)g the peak period of the persia(cid:374) e(cid:373)pire"s histor(cid:455), the(cid:455) do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ated o(cid:448)er 4(cid:1006) (cid:373)illio(cid:374) people. Cyrus the great is the one who brings persia together (580-530 bc: the beginning of the achaemenes dynasty. Its first great ruler: satrap: certain area of the p. e. ruled over by a cohort of cyrus. Xerxes i: 48(cid:1004) bc: it"s (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1004) (cid:455)ears si(cid:374)(cid:272)e the greeks defeated the persians in the greco-
