HIS 106 Lecture 2: HIS106 Topic 2

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 106
• Professor: Jennifer Hubbard

Document Summary

Greek phalanx with longer pikes spea(cid:396) (cid:272)alled (cid:862)sa(cid:396)issa(cid:863) (cid:894)o(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:1010)(cid:373) lo(cid:374)g(cid:895) Added greeks and other nations to army during conquest but cavalry remained macedonian. Initial goal: free eastern greek city states from persia. First move: persia cut off from its mediterranean ports. Next: defeat persian forces mostly inside perimeter regions. G(cid:396)eek (cid:894)helle(cid:374)isti(cid:272)(cid:895) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e (cid:449)as sp(cid:396)ead th(cid:396)oughout the medite(cid:396)(cid:396)a(cid:374)ea(cid:374) (cid:894)g(cid:396)eeks (cid:272)alled g(cid:396)ee(cid:272)e (cid:862)hellas(cid:863)(cid:895) Macedonians copied athenian language and culture and spread democratic institutions. Focus on learning, critical though, and knowledge. The punic wars: three conflicts between rome and carthage. Carthage founded in 813 bc by phoenicians. Sadly, carthaginians wrote no history we rely on roman accounts. 5th century bc: carthage attacked greek-ruled sicily. Athenians won the first battle (480 bc) First punic war the fight for sicily (264 241 bc) Carthaginians sacrificed their firstborn (burning to death) Ca(cid:396)thage"s la(cid:396)ge fleet staged (cid:396)aids o(cid:374) ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) la(cid:374)d. Rome was not then a naval power.