HISTORY 1M03 Lecture 6: Persia
22 Apr 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
508- the revolution at athens was threatened and the people had risen against sparta"s invasion and so they turned for support to persia. Persia"s empire rose in a short time and had grown very large- wave of conquests. Cyrus ii the great: king of persia 559-530. Darius i the great: king of persia 522-486- added egypt to the empire. Athenians give tokens of earth and water (rep. oath of submission and loyalty) to. Persian and ask for persian protection against sparta. Athenian popular power post- 508 and the repudiation of submission to persia. The invasion of sparta caused a mass of athenians to energize including the thetes, and they organized their own army and won many victories over the. Feeing confident, they decided they didn"t need any help from persia/protection. The athenian leaders insisted that the gifts had not been authorized in a way to assert their freedom and self-determination.
