HIST 002A Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Persian Gulf, Cyrus The Great, Assyrian People
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Other type of polis menant ruled by the many. All male citizens regardless of wealth could participate in assembly. If too poor to be a hoplite, you were to row the boats. Only 20% of the people had a vote. Polis have developed unique political and military systems. People believed it was the greatest system ever invented. Gave them the willingness to die and protect the polis cuz they were fighting to protect their political power, not the wealth of others. Greece would later be attacked by the empire of persia. Rise of persia, held for more than 200 years. Persians migrated into the middle east , settled where now is the persian gulf. Persiand beforehand were ruled by some outside empire. Assyrian empire was the largest empire until it"s time , but fell apart due to civil war and went into steep decline. Assyrian weakness was that it subjugated its people.
