Xerxes I of Persia

The Histories Study Guide: Day 2 Motivations Behind The Histories Herodotus was primarily interested in describing the “known world”. For example, book 2 was originally a separate book about Egyptian customs, which he later inserted. His motive was to show how history is one continuous story, and how many different events are actually interwoven. One can read The Histories as an illustration of the different societies and cultures in the area with the Persian War…

committees. While citizens were able to vote, ten archons regulated the polis and handled all military and legal controversies. To secure themselves from Persian Empire, Athens formed the Delian League (477 B.C.E.). Since there was no danger of Persia after the Greco-Persian war, the collaboration between the two dominant Greek city-states came to an end. Conflicts between Athens and Sparta continued to arise during Athens’ Age of Pericles. Pericles was an Athenian aristocrat that was…

Alexander the Great is one of the world’s greatest rulers to date. Born in the Macedonian capital of Pella, his father Philip II was the newly appointed king. Throughout his youth, Alexander received the best education a person of his stature could obtain. In his early teens he studied under Aristotle, a great philosopher recognized in modern times. He was also schooled in military values and war strategies. At 16, Alexander was given control of Macedonia while his father partook of expanding…

campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Nevertheless, there remain varying opinions as to his actual “greatness”. Through a study of the scholarly book The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, the Oliver Stone production Alexander, and my own research, I hope to determine for myself if Alexander is genuinely worthy of the title bestowed upon him. During my high school world civilization class Alexander became a topic of interest to me. What makes a man remarkable enough to have “the Great”…

decided to unite most of Iran. As he did this, he established himself as the ruler of Persia. Attempting attack, Persia sent ships over to Greece, but during the storm, the ships sunk, not making it to Greece, and the plan failed Rebellion started against Persia in Greece. King Darius , being worried, sent over some troops to control the rebellion. After a while, the rebellion kept going, but in the end, Persia regained control over Greece. King Darius decided to make sure that rebellion…

Everything begins since 500 century with the two big and powerful empires which knows as Roman and Persian. These two empires ruled the whole Asia. There was a strong hatred between the Jews and the Romans in particular what necessitated by intolerance of those days, and this hatred was alone in the days of Hercules. The Persians were very social decadence of the pre-Islamic. The Persians were very social decadence of the pre-Islamic. There are many disagreements have occurred between Romans…

standing empire of ancient Persia. Rich with architecture, art, poetry, and culture, the Safavid Empire is an intriguing legacy. With an extensive history, several great leaders influenced the Safavid Dynasty greatly; in particular there were four Safavids who molded the dynasty into the great reign it is remembered for today. Sheikh Safi al-Din was the forefather of the Safaviyya Order that then became the Safavid Dynasty that claimed rule over the Aq Qoyunlu in ancient Persia under Shah…

bad ability to manage the Persians. Cyrus successfully overthrew the Medes and started the very first Persian Empire. Through knowledge he gained from working for the Medes, Cyrus was able to persuade the Lydian and the Babylonian empires to join Persia. Within 11 years, Cyrus had all of the Fertile Crescent and and a significant amount of land from Asia Minor. Cyrus’s was able to do this in just 11 years due to his unique way of governing. This unique way was where he left the people he…

supported an offensive strategy. Miltiades is credited with persuading the war archon Callimachus through a stirring speech to cast his deciding vote in favour of an offensive strategy. Herodotus in his narrative has Miltiades say ‘If we refuse to fight, I have little doubt that the result will be bitter”. However it has also been suggested that the Greek offensive was based on the apparent absence of the Persian cavalry which Herodotus fails to mention. This is puzzling as most modern…

chancellery in Persia, along with a few of the languages from the nations he conquered. Accompanying the inscription was a 2D sculpture depicting a scene of Darius ruling over enslaved rebels while god Ahura Mazda looked on from heaven. The most significant part of this monument was the way Darius described his ruling and justification for it. Throughout the inscription Darius mentioned Ahura Mazda as the source of his power and greatness. Phrases such as “by the grace of Ahura Mazda am I King,”…