The Greek World

1. The Greek World Background to Herodotus and Thucydides

2. The Early Greek World • The Rise of the Polis 1000-600 BC • Collapse of the Bronze Age Monarchies • Age of the Basileis • The Hoplite Revolution • Trade and Colonization 900-500 BC • The Revival of Trade in the Tenth Century BC • Phoenician Colonies • Greek Colonization

3. Trade Routes in Antiquity

4. Colonial Expansion, 800-500 BC Massalia Cadiz Carthage

5. Cultural Impact I

6. Cultural Impact II

7. Greece and Persia • Development of Athenian Democracy • Solon’s Reforms ca. 590 • Peisistratid Tyranny 560-510 • Cleisthenes’ Reforms ca. 500 • First Persian War • Cyrus the Great 559-529 • Further Expansion under Darius 521-486 • Ionian Rebellion, 500 • Marathon 490 • Second Persian War 481-479 • Xerxes 486-465 • Thermopylae 480 • Salamis 480

8. Persian Expansion

9. Rise of the Athenian Empire • Delian League 477 • Leadership of Themistokles 493-470 • Leadership of Cimon 470-461 • Conflicts with Sparta and Persia • Construction of Long Walls 460-457 • Athenian Expedition to Egypt 456 • League Treasury moved to Athens 454 • Cypriot Expedition and Peace with Persia 449-448 • Creation of Empire 448 • 30-years’ Peace with Sparta 445 • Dominance of Pericles 443-429

10. Athens and Sparta Persian Empire Athens Sparta

11. Athenian Expansion, 460-445 BC Persian Empire Athens Syracuse Carthage