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Title: Greece and Iran


1
Greece and Iran
  • 1000
  • 30 B.C.E

2
State-building, Expansion and Conflict
  • Medes
  • Assyrians
  • Cyrus 550 BCE
  • Social Class distinctions
  • Cambyses 530 BCE
  • Further expansion

Warriors
Priests
Peasants
3
  • Which of the following should we consider as a
    more important Persian step in Empire Building?
  • Expansion
  • Administration

4
Darius I - 522 BCE
5
Satrapy System
  • Twenty total
  • Directly connected to royal family
  • Decentralized
  • Collect and send tribute

6
Successes
  • Royal roads
  • Postal service
  • Codifying of laws
  • Incorporation of local laws into justice system
  • Royal judges
  • Relatively peaceful
  • Government supplied food for workers
  • Building of Persepolis as a cultural centre
  • Susa (Elam) established as Admin. centre

7
Issues
  • Royal tribute hoarding
  • Leads to a economic collapse across much of
    Empire by 4th BCE
  • Medians pushed out of power positions
  • King as aloof people as my slaves
  • Strong connection of practices to Mesopotamia
  • High cost of Kings entourage
  • Huge tracks of land owned by king

8
  • Based on the successes and issues of Darius
    rule and the negative attitude of the Greeks
    towards the Persians, why dont we see more
    revolts taking place across the Empire?

9
Persepolis
10
Development and Interaction of Cultures
  • Religion
  • Zoroastrianism
  • Mandate from Heaven
  • Philosophies
  • Water, fire, earth
  • Polytheism

11
  • Persian culture under Darius I borrows heavily
    from conquered peoples. To what extent is this
    true in regard to religion?
  • It is said that Zorastriaism had a profound
    influence on Judaism and Christianity. Explain
    this connection.
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