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The Persian War was fought by the Greeks and the Persians, and if the Greeks lost, we would not have democracy, science, or education. The war was started when the Greeks helped rebels in a city state near Persia burn a Persian city. The Greeks used strategy and their surroundings to their advantage to win the Persian War. The Persian War had three main battles: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis

The ancient civilizations had very different ways of running their empires throughout their time. The Persians and Greeks held very true to this statement. They both had different sources that contributed to the power they held. The Persians had a very large empire and had a specific way of controlling it. First lets see how the Persians came to be. Cyrus, the son of the Assyrian king, was supposed to be killed as a baby. He was instead taken to a village that soon became called Persia. As Cyrus matured, the people could tell he had the characteristics of a king. He soon became just that. He didn’t want to be just a ruler though, he wanted to be different. His tactics were based on mercy, forgiveness, and compassion. Cyrus did go to war still

Cyrus II of Persia, also known as Cyrus the Great, was one of the most influential and powerful rulers in the Ancient World.¹ By overthrowing the Assyrian empire, he was able to start the Persian Empire. Through his superior diplomacy skills within his empire, to his genius war tactics, he built the foundation for a line of Persian Kings to rule one of the largest empires in world history.

As the founder of a new empire after overthrowing his uncle, Cyrus had plans to take over the Mediterranean Coast and to control a good piece of land from Asia Minor. His enemies knowing his power, joined

After the Assyrian Empire fell to the Chaldeans, later, the Chaldeans then surrendered to the Persian Empire. The Persians were a nomadic people that obtained the Indo-European tongue. Cyrus the Great was a Persian ruler that created the Persian state even more powerful with the introduction of satrapies, provinces when they continued to expand their nation. Je was a ruler with great wisdom and restraint that Babylonians experienced when Cyrus took them over. Cyrus, a merciful leader, allowed the Jews to return to their home city, Jerusalem, with all their sacred objects and could rebuild their Temple. He was a respected king for he allowed the practices of Assyria, Babylonia, Egyptian, and Lydia to occur in his palace. Even after he died,

A man named Cyrus overthrew the Persian monarch and became the forefather of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. He united the Persian tribes and conquered Lydia, as well as Mesopotamia later on in his rule.

Cyrus, rather than marching onwards and leaving a path of destruction in his wake as many empire-builders of his time did, instead won the favors of the people he defeated, keeping their homes and cultures intact yet also not only giving them the opportunity to join him, but having them want to be ruled by him. Cyrus was an attractive leader who through his life,

Cyrus the Great became ruler of the Persians because he did not want to be controlled by the meads and along with his nomadic warriors, he overtook them. Previously, the Medes had an Iranian religion of whom the Magi were like the priests of Persia and with their great architectural knowledge, they build fire temples which were used by the Magi to perform ceremonies & rituals. This religion derived from magic and astrology, principles of dualism (good & Evil) and resurrection. This religion is one of the causes for which Cyrus the great, rebelled against the Medes. With his army, he conquered most of Asia and remained in power because of the type of ruler that he was. Cyrus allowed the people to keep their customs and practice their own religions, worship their own gods and carry their separate rituals,

The Persian War was a string of battles fought between Persia and the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. At impossible odds, the divided Greece was able to unite to defeat the biggest enemy that existed in that time. The fact that even at impossible odds, the Greek army was able to use intellectual military tactics and outsmart the Persians with their colossal army was a huge accomplishment for the Greek city-states. The most important battles of the Persian War were the battle of Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea.

We had many revolutionary wars that shaped our world into becoming what it is today. The Persian Wars were one of those unforgettable events that inspired not only our military structure but government as well. The Persian Wars lasted for almost half a decade from 498 BCE to 448 BCE between the Persian Empire, of course, and Greek poleis. The war was centered around expanding the Empire of Persia as it claimed and took over land within battle and then ruling it as one while making a profit from it. Most of what we know about the Persian wars was written by Herodotus, who was born 484 BCE and gives us our primary source of what really took place during that time.

Long before the great king, Cyrus’ death the Persian Empire had reached the milestone that allowed it to be the first empire that was so large. Cyrus had a son, who took over the throne in 530 B.C.E., named Cambyses II. Cambyses would show the same ambition we saw in his father. In 525 B.C.E he added Egypt to the Persian Empire. His victory was not to be enjoyed for long. He died in 522 B.C.E. and it is assumed that he may have died from a sword wound. This wound is believed to be accidental. Although, his death was not mourned for like that of his father. This may have been due to his

As it states in the book that Cambyses succeeded the throne from Cyrus but Cambyses killed himself as he saw a “revolt in the empire’s Persian heartlands.” This revolt was led by Gaumata, who was strictly against the works of Zoroaster and believed that everything that he did was for the works of his faith. The Empire at the time was led under Zoroastrianism. Gaumata and he followers destroyed many temples and shrines of any faith that wasn’t approved by him. Axworthy states something that is very perculiar about this revolt. “An Iranian revolution, led by a charismatic cleric, seizing power from an oppressive monarch, asserting religious orthodoxy, attacking false believers, and drawing support from economic grievances-how modern that

Persia was not only a military conquering empire, but one that is culturally rich and technologically advanced. The Persian Empire invented a coinage system, roads, postal system, and finding and filtering water from rocks with chisels, which created a breakthrough for underground canals called Kinuectics. They used canals to have drinking water, to water farms, and to dispose of wastes. Canal building was one of Persia’s best innovations, invented around 525 B.C.E, but after the fall of the Persian Empire, there was a shift in the climate and the canals were damaged. Cyrus knew at what great lengths to reach for

Cyrus gains his knowledge of how to rule over human beings from several different sources from his early years. His first teacher was the justice school in Persia, second his experience with his grandfather in Media, and finally, and possibly his most important teacher, his father. First, as a boy, Cyrus learned about justice in Persia, where justice is the law. The boys in the school lean to “take vengeance on whomever they resolve to have done any of these injustices”, and they also lean “moderation” as well as “continence in food and drink” (1.2.6-8). Cyrus takes these Persian ideas and applies them to himself, then his army, and later his empire.

The Education of Cyrus is Xenophon’s account of the development and ascendency of Cyrus, a young boy who soon become King of Persia, and also a depiction of Persia and her people. Aristotle’s Politics, on the other hand, is a philosophical work, aimed at dissecting the “political life” and determining how human beings should organize themselves politically. Yet, at their core, both books are respectfully critical of the political life. The following will assess two apparent paradoxes that appear to plague the political life: 1) with respect to Cyrus, the balancing of the noble and the good and 2) with respect to Aristotle, the struggle between broad political participation and a virtuous government.