CLA230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ionian Revolt, Cyrus Cylinder, Croesus
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Capitol (ninevah) sacked in 612 bc: medes and babylonians. Herodotus says cyrus and persians were vassals of the medes. Herodotus states that croesus, through conquest and alliance, was the first to force political attachments between cities and cultures. If you attack the persians a great empire will be destroyed . Total tribute 14,560 talents of silver (377 tonnes) Marduk delivered babylon to cyrus because they were not heeding him. Doesn t mean he conquered babylon because his religion it is a way of justifying rule. Ionian revolt: 498 bc sack of sardis by ionians (with greek help . Hippias was in persia and satrap urged athenians in 503 to take him back if persians take. Athens, no more democracy: leader of revolt against tyrants actually is one of the tyrants, this attack is why the persians begin to attack the. Athenians: the battle of lade (494 bc) 353 ionian triremes v. 600 persian ships.
