HIST 1001 Lecture : History 1001 Semester Notes
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1-persian naval weakness: marathon-490, artemesium, salamis, mycale- 480, eurymedra- 466. 2-athenian military limitations: could not hold ionia in spite of victory at sea. Geopolitics: an examination of international affairs across space and time: 1. Treaties, diplomacies, trade, etc: intl affairs- projection of power, power differentiation has diminished between us and others, stronger/weaker does not mean that projection of power is diminished or expanded, power is always fluid, 2. Clash of civilizations: persians (wars that continued on for 80 years 566-466) and greeks (rational and scientific and far less sophisticated in terms of power) Ionians left their cities and headed to athens: left with wealth and anything portable. They were too small of a people: war of civilizations had ended, but was so important, it held a power of importance to the trojan wars, 344, alexander the great would pick up, and invade asia. One year, theseus was sent along with them.
