Xerxes I of Persia

Xerxes Xerxes the Great was the king of the Persian Empire from 486 BCE to 465 BCE. Xerxes was born “around 520 BCE” (Iran Chamber Society). His father was Darius the Great and his mother was Atosa, who was the daughter of Cyrus the Great. With close relatives who were held in high esteem to the citizens, Xerxes did not have to do much to prove himself as a worthy ruler. After the battle of marathon, Xerxes father died. Xerxes decided to try and conquer Greece because his father…

Research Proposal The question I will be investigating is “Representations of Cyrus The Great - who was the real Cyrus?” The reason why I chose this topic and why I am interested in it, is because Cyrus The Great is a very famous Persian leader and I would like to investigate, study and learn about the history of my own country. I believe it is very interesting but also extremely sad to learn about a powerful empire, with a ruler who once created the human rights and gave absolute freedom to…

their Lydian ruler (173). The Greeks refused Cyrus’s invitation to secede and to become his ally (173). The Ionians actually liked being under Croesus’s rule, because he was a fair and mild ruler. They also believed that they could win a war against Persia because of Croesus’s power and wealth (173). In the end, Cyrus defeated Croesus, and only then did the Greeks decide to accept Cyrus’s invitation (173). Cyrus is not forgiving of the previous rejection. Therefore, he tells the Greeks they…

The Persian Wars raged across the Mediterranean in the Early 5th century BCE. There were many long term causes of the war including Persian Imperialism and the Ionians living within the Persian Empire. The short term cause was the actions of aristagoras of the Persian Empire. These factors lead to the out of a war between the Greeks and the Persian Empire which was considered why historians such as trauss to have been vital to the survival of the Western World and its culture. The battle of…

cultures and religions, and diversity in his people while Darius exhibited talent for organization and leadership. The Median, Lydian, Babylonian, and Egyptian empires ruled the east during 559 B.C. Cyrus II or “the Great” was the son of Kambujiya I and Princess Mandana, daughter of Astyages the King of Media. According to legend, the King had a dream that his daughter peed so much that she flooded…

against thousands of Persian soldiers in order to protect his people from the Persian ruler, Xerxes, from conquering Sparta and the rest of Greece. When the Oracles tells Leonidas that either Spartan king dies or the whole city falls. Leonidas bravely decides to march into battle with a small army of 300 men. Besides king Leonidas’s strength and bravery, there is also an immense deal of bravery in his wife Gorgo. I believe that the film portrayed how respected and important of a role woman…

300 is a movie about the war between Persia and Sparta. This movie is accurate to what truly happened in 480 BCE with a few exceptions. It demonstrates the historical factors of gender, geography, society, and religion during this time period accurately and helps give an understanding to the Battle of Thermopylae. 300 shows how the Spartans and Persians played a prominent role in the events in history. This movie shows the detailed events of the Battle of Thermopylae, the important historical…

after Xerxes pours a libation in a golden cup before crossing the bridge, Herodotus states: “But I cannot judge for certain whether he let these sink…as offerings to the sun…or whether he presented them to the sea in repentance” (7.54.3). Herodotus refuses to offer his definite opinion of Xerxes. By giving these two options, Herodotus leaves it to the audience to judge whether Xerxes offered the libations to the sun or to the sea in repentance. Further, by neither condemning nor praising Xerxes…

was a defense against the Achaemenid Persian Empire, led by Xerxes, and the defense was led by an alliance of Greek cities and states which were under Leonidas I. They however got betrayed by a local named Ephialtes who gave the Persians an alternative route to flank the Greek soldiers. Though this war was fought hard and strongly, the Greek soldiers were eventually defeated in the glory of battle. This was originally provoked by Xerxes’ predecessor Darius The Great, who sent people to Greek…

the Persians. The Athenian people sent ships to help them. The historian Herodotus wrote years later,”These ships were the beginning of mischief both to the Greeks and to the barbarians.” Soon after the Persians had crushed the rebel cities. Darius I was angry at the role Athens played in the uprising. Soon then Darius sent a huge force across the Aegean sea to punish Athens for its interference. The Persians landed near Marathon which was a plain north of Athens, but in 490 B.C the Athenians…