HIST 100 1st Edition Lecture 2Outline of Current Lecture Persian wars - First Persian invasion of Greeceo 492 BC under command of Darius Led by Persian general Mardonius - Decisive Greek victory at marathono Greeks outnumbered o Use of hoplites and phalanx o pheidippides o they win because of the phalanx and terrain - second Persian invasion (Greeks win)o Xerxes I Need to beef up navy Battle of Thermopylae - Failure for the Greeks - Lost the battle, still won the war Battle of Salamis - Themistocles o Greeks win- Trireme o Duck looking boat the Greeks used o Quick and easy to maneuver - Battle of Artemisium o Happening at the same time as Thermopylaeo Greeks lost again- Battle of Plataea KEY POINTS:o Two Persian invasionso Greeks won at battle of salamiso Marathon and Thermopylae are important battles to knowo This is why Greeks survive and democracy continuesThe Immortals o Persian “A team” or delta forceo Exactly 10,000 men These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Never die because one is “retired” instantly replaced o Wore no helmetso Only a tiarao Wicker shieldso Short spearso Swords or large daggers o Bow and arrow o Scaled armor under their disco suitGolden age of Greece o Delian league o Athens and allies o Naval empire, basis for Athenian empire o Pericles Athenian statesman Democratized the judicial system o Peloponnesian league Sparta and allies (Corinth)- Pelo. War o Freaking out Sparta o Sparta (and allies) vs Athens and allies Oligarchy vs democracy o 431-404 BC o drastically changed Greece forever brutality of the war scope of the war (WW I) civil war= Greece vulnerable to outside threat never regained pre war prestige o Parthenon Iconic building Temple to Athena Pre socratic philosophy o Thales o First eclipse?o Anaximander o Aperion (infinite, limitless orginal substance- arche)o Anaximenes of miletus o Air o Herakleitos o Atomso Pythagoras o Xenophanes o On religion: we don’t rely on the gods o Classical philosophy o Socrates Father of western philosophy Theories survive through Plato Ethics Socratic method o Plato Socrates pupil Founded the academy o Aristotle Plato’s pupil Alexander the greats teacher Founded the
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