Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ionian Revolt, Greco-Persian Wars, Tuff

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

If they defeated they would skin you alive. Babylon and persia all gang up on them and get rid of them after 300 years. Minor race in a poor part of the world. Filled the void left by the persians and established them as their own central power. He decided to create an actual empire the largest empire seem on this side of. Persians would conquer an area and that area would then become persia. He divided it up in provinces and created roads and governors and an organized network. Had the persians conquered greece the world would have been a much better place. They are the difference between bandits and an empire that connects everything under the same laws. Israel welcomed having one central authority believe darius was sent by yahweh. Greeks appointed governors welcomed darius (but most of the greeks really resented this)