[CLAS 160B1] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (35 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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A huge empire, stretching from libya to indi, included greek territory (ionia) Persian ruled by a king who wanted territorial conquest and its spoils; about; xerxes. Satraps: like persian governors, ruled subsections of the empire with their own subordinates and sent income to the king. Empire was a lot weaker than it looked. Had vast wealth and manpower, but spread out, hard to mobilize and slow. Lots of satraps meant not a lot of centralized loyalty. Has a lot of ethnicities with different beliefs and culture . Can be a weak point because not everyone will feel the same way. Persian royal court was reputedly very extravagant. Lydia - contained many greek cities (ruled by croesus, 6th century); he attacks the persian king and cyrus in 547 bc and loses - persians take over. Greeks of ionia under persian control (with some freedom) after croesus defeated; Croesus on the pyre about to be burned alive.
