HIST 110A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Aeschylus, Pheidippides, Mithraism
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How came persia to conquer all but greece: cyrus and persian society. Was the king of the persian empire. He was very tolerant (you could worship whomever you wished) Even to the jews he was very tolerant. While they tolerated other religions, they mostly practiced zoroastrianism. Claimed zoroaster spoke to an almighty god, who told him that the universe had two great powers. People were judged based on good or evil; you get to choose which you are judged with. Along the road, it would branch out into other roads. Cyrus wanted to foster communication and trading. Insisted on education for young men and other qualities. Be good on horseback and be a good archer. Due to cyrus" leadership, they built an army that would never lose. Recruited from other lands that they conquered. Mithraism: roads and postal service, education of youth. Is the son of cyrus and ruled after his father died. Many ionian city states revolted against persia.
