3906F- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 68 pages long!)

55 views68 pages

Document Summary

C l a s s i c a l s t u d i e s 3 9 0 6 f. Background and early persia: shalaneser iii, 858 824 bce, shutruk-nahhunte ii, 717 699 bce, ashurbanipal, 668 627 bce, nabuchodnosor, 605 562 bce, cyrus the great, 559 530 bce, nabonidus, 556 539 bce. In this area of the world, urbanization began in the 4th millennium bce: this is sparked by the need to irrigate fields. September 12 2017: aeschlus, 525 455 bce, tragedies, especially persians, the story of the persian wars in play format, arrian, 86 160 ce, berossus. Geographer from pontus: 7 books, thucydides, 460 400 bce, history of the peloponnesian war in greek in the lace 5th century, most of them are greeks and romans writing about the persians. Classical perspective on the persian world: the greek perception of the persians had been altered by the persian wars, political bias.