HIST 102H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Malaria, Cleopatra Ii Of Egypt, Siwa Oasis
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Sirus the great was a great conqueror. Ride, shoot, tell the truth (persian) used tactic and strategy: calvary, archer, ethic. Sirus dies and it passes to his sons and cousins. Going to take over atolia and some greek land. Athenians send small navy to help ionians. Darius dies and crown passed to his son xerxes. Invades greek land like father but sent huge army. Athenians fool the persians by telling them that they are starving and weak. Greek starts to take back their land. Repelled two invasions and defeated the great persians. Form delian link: greek alliance, lead by athens. Crack down on the pirates: voluntary, has to pay dues, it is successful, create huge trade zone, member dues build partheonon, goes from voluntary to mandatory, squashes rebellions, sparta is the most upset about this. Peloponnesian wars, athens vs. sparta (460-445; 431-421 and 415-404)