HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sasanian Empire, Arabian Desert, Zoroaster
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The defining moment in world (and persian) history a. b. The defining moment: it refers to the period between 500 bc to 500 ce, when major civilizations developed their defining or distinguishing characteristics. Moreover, major civilizations developed their defining or distinguishing characteristics during this period because of contributions made by the creative minorities - political, intellectual, and religious leaders/thinkers who helped shape and define their civilizations. Formation of primary persian political tradition of administrative centralization under the achaemenid. Initially the medes established an empire, persians overthrew their medians overlord i. In 558, cyrus the achaemenid, a member of the persian tribes, became king - he ruled his tribes from his mountain fortress pasargadae. Cyrus was the founder of the persian empire b. Darius contributed greatly to the formation of the primary political tradition, which was characterized by administrative centralization i. ii. iii. iv. Persian empire was huge - achaemenid rulers presided over 70 different ethnic/religious groups.
