1. Persia and Greece

3. Week Three (August 22-26)
Day 1- Chapter 4 Quiz
Day 2-
Week Four (August 28-September 1)
Day 1 Chapter 5 Quiz--( SPICE Chart- Persia and Classical Greece Due)
Day 2 –(SPICE Chart- Qin, Han, Roman Republic, Roman Empire Due)
Week Five (September 6-9)
Day 1-Chapter 6 Quiz-
Day 2-(SPICE Chart- Vedic Age, Mauryan and Gupta Due)

4. Think SPICE S- Social P- Political I- Interaction with the environment
Groups within society especially based on gender, or status
P- Political
Who rules, why, military
I- Interaction with the environment
How did people effect the environment- Resources
C- Culture
Things that people develop- Inventions, advancements, arts, sciences, religion
E- Economics
What did people do to make a living- Labor, supply, demand, resources,

5. 7 Important Periods Ancient Iran, 1000–30 b.c.e.
Greek Archaic period 800–480 b.c.e.
Persian Wars
(Greece vs Persia)
Classical Age of Greece 480–430 b.c.e.
Athens on top
Peloponnesian War (100 years of fighting) 431 BCE- 340 BCE
Athens Vs Sparta
Alexander the Great 336 b.c.e
Macedonian but kicking
Hellenistic Age 323–30 b.c.e.
Spread of Greek (Hellenistic culture)

6. Ancient Iran, 1000–30 b.c.e. Few natural resources
Great location for trade- Silk road
Medes overthrew Assyrians
Persians Intermarry with and overtake the Medians
Cyrus
Cambyses
Darius I.
Twenty provinces
satrap
Annual tribute
well-maintained roads
Susa-Political capital
Persepolis cultural capital
King –Aloof lawgivers
Gave cultural and legal autonomy
Zoroastrian

7. Greek Archaic period 800–480 bce
Few resources but great harbors
Pop growth- Urbanization (Polis)
City States fought
Hoplites
Colonization
Middle class develops
Elites lose significance
Popular tyrants rule
Gives way to democracy and oligarchy
Scholarship
Humanism
Philosophy
Logographers
Historians
Religion
Sparta
Militaristic society
Athens
Wealthy society – Democracy

8. Persian Wars Persia vs Greece (2X) First war- fought to a standstill
Second War
Sparta
Hellenitic League
Thermopile
Athens
Take charge (Delian League)
Force Persians out

9. Classic Age of Greece 480-430 bce
Athenian Age
Imperialist
Subordinated other states
Very strong Navy
Great Wealth through trade
Lower class Athenian males gained political significance
Scholarship and arts grew
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Social inequality

10. Peloponnesian War 431 Sparta gets tired of Athens Greek civil war
Sparta wins but people then resent Sparta
100 years of fighting
As Greece fights
Persia regains land
Macedonia to the North grows powerful
Phillip
Alexander

11. Alexander the Great 336 b.c.e
Conquers
Persians
Egyptians
Greeks
Gets to Indus river
Built many cities (Alexandria)
Encouraged intermarrying and cultural sharing
Dies

12. Hellenistic Age (323–30 b.c.e.)
Empire broken up into 3 kingdoms
Seleucid kingdom
Mesopotamia,
Anatolia,
Iran (lost quickly)
Indus valley (lost quickly)
Ptolemies
Egypt
Antigonids
Macedonia
Greece
Hellenization
All 3 kingdoms used and blended with local customs