Persian language

“Bystanders - The Common, but Overlooked Criminals” “Human beings were being burned in our times; the world would never tolerate such crimes (Eliezer 33),” Eliezer said with shock. His father responds by saying, “The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria. (Eliezer 33).” Although people knew what happened to the Jews, some of them ignored it and went on with life without taking action against the Nazis. Some people did not speak out and try to save the…

began in the year 490 BC. The Greeks and the Persians first encountered each other on the plain of Marathon. This plain is only twenty - six miles from Athens (Hanson). The Greeks defeated the Persians at the end of this battle. The Battle of Marathon was the most influential battles on modern day politics, literature, and language. The battle is seen as a turning point in history. If Marathon had gone the other way, civilization would not have the language, literature, and politics that we…

Thermopylae – Greece had been fighting to keep the Persians out of their land. They were highly outnumbered and should not have even made it past the first battle. However their luck held and thanks to Greek strategy, they were able to turn the tables on the mighty Persian empire. The Battle of Salamis was the final and most important blow against the Persians, and it's success shaped Greece for years to come. By the beginning of the 5th century BC, the Persian Empire, under Darius, was…

Herodotus, in his work, The Histories, describes the leaders of the two combatant coalitions in the Persian War, Themistocles of the Greeks and Xerxes of the Persians, in very different ways. Herodotus often points to how both men handle council and their own piety as a tool to depict what kind of men they are, and at times reinforces his own generalizations of the Greek and Persian people using these men as his proxy. Herodotus seems to accept the idea that men, as individuals, can shape great…

The Parthenon’s Impact Past and Present “Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.” In today’s society, we are affected by history from the past, which could be anything from World War II to the times of ancient Israel and the Savior’s ministry. The Parthenon is the former temple to the Goddess Athena and an ancient architectural structure…

First of all, after dismissing the early accounts of Greek-Persian conflicts, Herodotus claims, “He (i.e. Croesus of Lydia) was the first foreigner so far we know to come into direct contact with the Greeks, both in the way of conquest and alliance.” (Herodotus, I.6) Furthermore, Croesus the king of Lydia is regarded…

own unique ways. The Peloponnesian and Persian wars were both important conflicts that focused on independence. Herodotus earned the designation “The Father of History” because before his writings, the Greeks had no word for history in terms of writing a narration of past events in prose. He has been anointed as the world’s first Western historian. Herodotus’s book The Histories, a record of his inquiries into the events of the conflict between the Persian Empire and Ancient Greeks; is…

conflict with the Persian Empire, the struggle known as the Persian Wars (500 – 479 B.C). In 480 B.C, ten years after Darius’s defeat, his successor Xerxes sent a big naval and military force to subdue Greece. After being famously delayed by Spartan troops under the leadership of king Leonidas at the Thermopylae, the Persian army succeeded in capturing and burning Athens, but the Greek fleet lead by Athenians defeated the Persian navy at the battle of Salamis. Greeks and Persian continued to…

Xenophon captures the Greek world at the end of its oligarchic glory. His work, affectionately referred as “fussy” highlights the essential pieces that brought the decline of the hoplite warfare and an end to its ethos. The definition of autonomia changed following the beginning of the fourth century B.C.E. The role of the citizens no longer encapsulated the wellbeing of the community, but rather their wellbeing through the community. The question of the day became “what can my polis do for me?”…

The Greco-Persian Wars was a serious conflict between the huge empire, Persia, and the city-states of Greek. The direct cause of this war is the Ionian revolt. When Darius the Great (the ruler of Persia) came into power in 522 BC. Many cities were under the Persian control. Ionia was one of the cities. In 499 BC, Ionians started a rebel against the Persians. The Ionians had an early success. However, the army and the navy of the Persian were too powerful. The counterattack of the army and the…