HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Seleucid Empire, Indirect Rule, Zoroastrianism
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C & c chapter 4, pages 105-107, 117-135. 900 bce - 651 ce: intro: empires, geography, and history. Conclusion: rise and fall of empires: intro: empires, geography, and history. iran is closer to the correct name, but persia is more common when used in history. Sw asia: iran, iraq, afghanistan sometimes referred to as. Within tigris and euphrates rivers (modern day iraq) Cyrus* created and unified empire (*greek forms of names) Let local rulers continue to rule pros: keep loyalty of people, saves on man-power, ruler knows area cons: possibility of rebellion. When he died, empire divided into smaller empires. Hybrid of cultures (greek and persian) *hellenistic culture. Mithridates (a ruler) *interesting, not of particular importance. When antidote worked, built up own immunity to all known poisons. When finally conquered, gave family poison but couldn"t kill self b/c poison didn"t work :) Build great cities and palaces to legitimize rule -- costs a lot.
