HIS 106- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 81 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 106
• Professor: Jennifer Hubbard

Document Summary

Persia: a typical autocratic, hierarchical society like ancient egypt, mesopotamia and assyria. Greece home of democracy and totalities. Rulers willing to kill thousands of soldiers for conquest. Battles were led by ruler or delegate. According to herodotus, he diverted euphrates river away from babylon. I(cid:374)(cid:448)aded th(cid:396)ough ba(cid:271)(cid:455)lo(cid:374)"s fo(cid:396)tified (cid:449)all th(cid:396)ough e(cid:373)ptied (cid:396)i(cid:448)e(cid:396) tu(cid:374)(cid:374)els. C(cid:455)(cid:396)us" (cid:374)e(cid:449) pe(cid:396)sia(cid:374) e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)ded a(cid:272)(cid:396)oss asia. One constant followed: aggression by persian rulers against europe. Cyrus was killed in battle fighting the massagetae in 530 bc. Son cambyses defeated the hittites and egypt. Darius the great (550 486 bc(cid:895), (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ied c(cid:455)(cid:396)us" daughte(cid:396) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e (cid:396)ule(cid:396) Empire grew to caucasus mountains (scythia) and india in east and parts of greece in the west. C(cid:455)(cid:396)us (cid:396)espe(cid:272)ted lo(cid:272)al (cid:396)eligio(cid:374)s (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)es, a(cid:374)d la(cid:374)guages (cid:894)did(cid:374)"t (cid:396)eall(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:396)e(cid:895) Did not interfere in local society, politics. Goal: taxes and recognition of his government. Controlled road and river trade and travellers. Extensive trade: tariffs on imports and exports.