Classical Studies 3906F Midterm: MIDTERM REVIEW

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3906F
• Professor: Alexander Meyer

Document Summary

Achaemenid empire: darius ruled at the height of the achaemenid/persian empire, from asia to europe, unified military and political force, the area is well connected, persian = ethnicity, achaemenid = dynasty (starts in 522 with darius i) Cuneiform: this would seem very foreign to a greek, hebrew bible is also a source for persians, it can be quite favourable to persian kings and how they treated the jews. Achaemenid empire: we first start to hear about the persians from the assyrian king shalaneser iii (858- Battle of the ulya river reliefs (653 bce) nineveh cv: the battle of the ulya river took place between the assyrians and the elamites. Image of assyrian warrior beating an old man: a very barbarian image, snapshot of what appears to be a slaughter, there are no images of mercy, which adds to the barbaric impression of the. Xenop(on on t(e (cid:494)medean wall(cid:495: demonstrated the complicated median/babylonian relationship.