HIST 426 Lecture 8: Greek History Notes2
26 Sep 2017
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680-546 - lydian empire: controlled most of asia minor. Iranian peoples: assyrian empire, medes - western, persians - iran (land of the arya) 559-529 - cyrus king of persia: revolted against over-arching king of the medes and seized most of the median empire, 546-539 - conquers lydia, phoenicia, babylon, and greek city-states in asia minor. 529-522 kambyses succeeds cyrus: empire reached from coast of aegean to indus river, biggest empire of the ancient world (bigger than rome, brought entire near and middle east under single government, didn"t set up bureaucratic administration. Programmatic title - announces what the persian empire intends to do. Even though he is not in control of all nations yet, there is no nation that can deal with ruler of the persian empire as an equal. The king of kings only has subjects . Persian kings are not gods, but rule by divine right: court. Greeks thought this scandalous - only kneel before gods.
