lecture 25 east and west (b)
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HISTORY 26
Lecture Twenty-Five:
East and West:Persia and the Greeks
(559 - 323 BC)
HISTORY 26
Lecture Twenty-Five:
East and West:Persia and the Greeks
(559 - 323 BC)
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“Sacred Places’ Wordy Walls” The Material of Early Christian
Devotional Graffiti
Ann Marie Yasin Professor of History, USC
Wednesday, December 1st 4:00 p.m.
HMNSS 1500
This paper examines what early Christian graffitican tell us about the lived experience of Christiansacred spaces in the late third to seventh centuries.
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Croesus, King of Lydia(560 - 547 BC)
Croesus, King of Lydia(560 - 547 BC)
• The Oracle at Delphi: “If he made war on the Persians, he would destroy a great empire.”
• The Oracle at Delphi: “If he made war on the Persians, he would destroy a great empire.”
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Herodotus of Halicarnassus(c. 484 - 425 BC)
Herodotus of Halicarnassus(c. 484 - 425 BC)
• ‘Father of History’, or ‘Father of Lies’
• Morality tales• Persians as
stereotypes• Represented the
opposite of Greek virtues
• ‘Father of History’, or ‘Father of Lies’
• Morality tales• Persians as
stereotypes• Represented the
opposite of Greek virtues
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The Lasting Impact ofthe Greek Narrative
The Lasting Impact ofthe Greek Narrative
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The Lasting Impact ofthe Greek Narrative
The Lasting Impact ofthe Greek Narrative
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The Lasting Impact ofthe Greek Narrative
The Lasting Impact ofthe Greek Narrative
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The ImmortalsThe Immortals
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Persia, a Multi-cultural Empire
Persia, a Multi-cultural Empire
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BabyloniansBabylonians
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MedesMedes
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BactriansBactrians
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ArabsArabs
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LydiansLydians
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ThraciansThracians
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NubiansNubians
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Persia, a Multi-cultural Empire
Persia, a Multi-cultural Empire
• The Persian kings were the first to acknowledge the variety of cultures, languages, and political organizations that made up their empire.• Bringers of tribute, not prisoners of war• Adopted the languages, scripts, and
bureaucratic traditions of those they conquered
• But Aramaic was the universal language of administration
• The Persian kings were the first to acknowledge the variety of cultures, languages, and political organizations that made up their empire.• Bringers of tribute, not prisoners of war• Adopted the languages, scripts, and
bureaucratic traditions of those they conquered
• But Aramaic was the universal language of administration
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Cyrus the Great(559 - 530 BC)
Cyrus the Great(559 - 530 BC)
• The savior of Babylon, chosen by Marduk to restore order and justice after Nabonidus
• Chosen by the Hebrew God (Yahweh) to restore the temple of Jerusalem
• The savior of Babylon, chosen by Marduk to restore order and justice after Nabonidus
• Chosen by the Hebrew God (Yahweh) to restore the temple of Jerusalem
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Cambyses Mesutira(529 - 522 BC)
A local official teaches him how to behave like an Egyptian king
He adopts an Egyptian throne-name, Mesutira (‘offspring of the god Ra’)
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Satrapies of the Persian Empire
under Darius I (521 - 486 BC)
Satrapies of the Persian Empire
under Darius I (521 - 486 BC)
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Greece during the Persian Wars
of Darius and Xerxes
Greece during the Persian Wars
of Darius and Xerxes
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The Conquests of Alexander the Great
The Conquests of Alexander the Great
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The Macedonian PhalanxThe Macedonian Phalanx
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The Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
The Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)