HIST 1001 : Lecture Notes Exam 2
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Increasing number of slaves: notion of citizenship xi. Religion of persia: zoroastrianism, darius 522-486 bc, battle between good and evil, good god ahura mazda, see a push eastward under darius xi. There is a link with greeks, people who didn"t speak greek were barbarians xii. Darius created a new capitol city: persepolis xiv. Athens went to meet them: persian soldiers, wicker shields for deflecting arrows, archers, spearmen xi. Greek soldiers: heavily armored metal helmets, shield, hoplite, trained to perform in organization, going to charge the persians, persians had hippias (ran from athens) giving persia info on the. Greeks: athenians were very successful, marathon race comes from this xii. Darius then amasses an army of as many as 250,000: dies while planning, xerxes sends them, his cousin is whispering in his hear to go and attack athens because he want to be the governor of greece xiii.
