CLA230H1 Chapter 11: The Greeks, Morris and Powell
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Feb 11: mp ch 11 persia and the greeks, 550-490bc. By 500bc the greeks were richer and more stable than ever they had faced no external threats for centuries, but now the persians enter. Expansion in med increased competition more taxes spent on war and so neighbors must to. Sicily is getting strong and worrying the phoenicians in nearby carthage. 480: persia and carthage attack greeks greek victory, and change. 10thcbce: greek areas of small isolated and shifts pops but in near east, the assyrian empire rises. Begins plundering neighbours; bandit kings reach med coast end of 10thc. Military funded by elite who got richer from spoils. Conquered areas were given client-kings, or an assyrian governor, some just paid tribute. Phoenicians had to pay off assyria so increased trade and land in carthage, sicily, sardinia . Carthage became the greatest city in the west. Greece in this time was poor and weak clusters of towns.
