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Greek world ca. 500-486 BCE at the birth of Herodotus

Greek world ca. 500-486 BCE at the birth of Herodotus. Thurii in S. Italy. Herodotus Histories – prooimion Keywords: ἱστορίη ( histori ê – inquiry), ἀκλεᾶ ( aklea – lacking kleos ), αἰτίη ( aitiê – cause) νόμος ( nomos –custom), φύσις ( physis – nature).

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Greek world ca. 500-486 BCE at the birth of Herodotus

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  1. Greek world ca. 500-486 BCE at the birth of Herodotus Thurii in S. Italy

  2. Herodotus Histories – prooimionKeywords: ἱστορίη (historiê– inquiry),ἀκλεᾶ (aklea – lacking kleos), αἰτίη (aitiê – cause)νόμος (nomos –custom), φύσις (physis – nature)

  3. Median Empire, ca. 600 BCE

  4. Media, Persia, Lydia, Babylonia, Egypt: empires ca. 600 BCE

  5. Unification: 546-530 BCE, rule of Cyrus:Media, Persia, Babylonia, Lydia (Cambyses adds Egypt, 530-521 BCE)

  6. Cyrus (549-530), Cambyses (530-521) • 559: Cyrus accedes to throne of Media • 549: Conquest of Media • 546: Conquest of Lydia (Croesus, to whom the Greeks in Ionia paid tribute) • 540: Conquest of Ionia (support of tyrants) • 539: Conquest of Babylonia, Palestine, Syria, Phoenicia, Libya • 530: Cyrus dies fighting in Media • 522: Cambyses dies (conquest of Egypt) • 521: Darius accedes to unified throne

  7. Cyrus’ empire: 546-530 BCE

  8. Behistun Inscription: Darius declared rulerOld Persian, Elamite, Babylonian Darius I, 521-486 BCE

  9. Symbols of Persian imperial ruleDarius: 521-486 BCE Magus (priest) Persian Immortals, Susa King Darius Mid-5th c. coinage Tribute to Darius

  10. Persian (Achaemenid) Empire of King Dariusca. 500 BCE

  11. Persian Empire and ancient Greece compared with the USA

  12. World according to Herodotus

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