were turned into Serfs or Helots. In 685 B.C. there was a revolt by the helot population of Messenia‚ which initiated the Second Messenian war (which ended in 668). This war was a failure on the Messenian side‚ but for Sparta they had many gains. This war helped the Spartan society become a strong militaristic power in the Mediterranean area (which helped control the masses along the Peloponnese) and also stopped Any further revolts and rebellions from the Helots ‚who eventually broke free from
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ESSAY 1: ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE It has widely been established by both modern and ancient historians that the administrative basis of the Persian Empire was introduced by Cyrus the Great‚ where it was later revised and stabilised by Darius I around 519BC. According to Herodotus‚ Xerxes had inherited his father Darius’ perfected system of satrapies‚ satraps and economic and communications improvements which enabled Xerxes to continue the running of the Achaemenid empire. Modern historian
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scattered insults far and wide with his officiousness and absurd pretensions" as written by Plutarch. Gaining leadership to the League could be considered a catalyst for Athens’ imperialistic ways in years to follow. Thucydides believes that it was the Ionian Greeks who instigated the transferal of leadership from Sparta to Athens‚ and Athens then said something which would have been a large cause for the Peloponnesian War which was to follow in 432BC; "We did not gain this empire by force. It came to
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The History of the Greeks: Hellenic and Hellenistic The Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age are the two main periods in Greek history. The Hellenic Age is significantly different from the Hellenistic Age. The Hellenic period saw the rising and falling of the polis while Hellenistic period was plagued by warfare among the remaining dynasties. Despite the differences between the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods‚ the one thing that remained consistent in both periods was the Greeks’ ability to not
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might seem that the Delian League was as much directed at the Achaemenid Empire‚ as it was at the Dorian Spartans; the oaths were sworn at the island of Delos‚ (477 BC) in the temple of Apollo‚ the Ionian eternal religious center.(Landering 2005) The Delian League will unite most of the Greeks of Ionian descent into one common entity; the trade and arts will flourish‚ the rich will get richer and the poor will not go hungry for a while. The Delian League was immensely successful for some time‚ apparently
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Wilson’s idea of consilience is deeply rooted in philosophical thinking that can be traced back to the Ionian Enchantment (Wilson‚ 1998). The Ionian Enchantment was characterized by certain beliefs. According to our discussions in class‚ one of these beliefs referred to the idea that the world was small and orderly. Since ones from this time period considered the world small and orderly‚ they also posited a belief in explaining the world based off of a small number of natural laws. In addition to
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The Persian Wars - 499 BC to 479 BC In the 5th century BC the vast Persian Empire attempted to conquer Greece. If the Persians had succeeded‚ they would have set up local tyrants‚ called satraps‚ to rule Greece and would have crushed the first stirrings of democracy in Europe. The survival of Greek culture and political ideals depended on the ability of the small‚ disunited Greek city-states to band together and defend themselves against Persia’s overwhelming strength. The struggle‚ known
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So after this happened the men got together and decided to revolt and they marched away toward Ethiopia. When they arrived they gave themselves complete service to the king. He promptly put their services to use in which he sent them to a land that was inhabited by people he was feuding with. He sent the soldiers
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the Jews‚ they return to homeland. Old Testament first written. Chapter 6- Tyre and Sidon big traders of the World. Chapter 7- 1200 BC Cretans have built palaces etc. Crete has been destroyed. Greek tribes (Dorians‚ Ionians‚ Aeolians) conquer Mycenae. Dorians found Sparta. Ionians settle in Attica‚ found Athens. Chapter 8- 538 BC Cyrus’s son conquers Egypt. 490 BC Persians‚ under Darius‚ now have a huge empire. Attack Athens but are defeated. 480 BC Persians‚ under Darius’s son Xerxes‚ attack
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extends to them and the rest of Lacedaemonians. The battle of Thermopylae united the whole of Greece against a common enemy Persia‚ fought 495 BC. After this battle‚ Persia continues to be a main power in that region. The battle started with the Ionian revolt which was started by Athens and Eritrea‚ it resulted in the first major conflict between Greece and the Persian empire. In these Greek Persian wars which started 499 BC until
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