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 • 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