CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ionian Revolt, Cyrus Cylinder, Croesus
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Beginning of the archaic period persian empire did not exist two dominant kingdoms in the near east the first was the assyrian empire. Medes pastoral group just outside assyrian empire some from the. Assyrian empire and some were hired as mercenaries by the assyrian empire. Medes were intermediates between commodities in afghanistan and. Mesopotamia the lydian kingdom expands as well but fairly small. Neo-babylonians have a substantial area as well in the southern near east. Egypt goes almost as far as elephantine at this point however it is unclear what persia is at this point persia may be its own kingdom or a median vassal. Main source is herodotus persians were vassals of the medes in his account. More modern babylonian sources claim that the persians were their own kingdom land gained by cyrus: media 550 b. c. Lydia 447 b. c: babylonians 539 b. c. Cyrus dies after this his son cambyses takes over land gained by cambyses: egypt 525 b. c.
