greece and persia

Era of Greek city-states

750 BCE

750-336 B.C.E
The greeks emerged in this time era, and went 400 years before it incorporated into a succession of foreign empires.

Zoroaster

700 BCE

700 BCE to 601 BCE
Location: Persia (present day Iran)
Philosophies: Zoroastrianism
Key Ideas: Single High God ; cosmic conflict of good and evil

Emergence of Greek Rationalism

600 BCE

Creators: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Location: Greece
Religion: Greek Rationalism
Key Ideas: Style of persistent questioning; secular explanation of nature and human life.

Emergence of Zoroastrianism

558 BCE

558-330 B.C.E
Creator: Zoroaster
Location: Persia (Present day Iran)
Religion: Zoroastrianism
Key Ideas: Single High God; Cosmic conflict of good and evil.

Persian Achaemenid Empire

553 BCE

The persians were under the Achaemenid dynasty (535-330 B.C.E) constructed an imperial system that drew on previous examples such as the Babylonian and Assyrian Empire.

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

500 BCE

500 BCE to 401 BCE
Location: Greece
Philosophies: Greek Rationalism
Key Ideas:
Style of persistent questioning ; secular explanation of nature and human life

Major battles between Persians and Greeks

490 BCE

Greeks and Persians went to war, Greeks trying to build their empire. Unequal conflict between civilizations.

Golden Age of Athens

479 BCE

479-429 B.C.E
Athens was the experimental political participation, and achieved a distinctive expression. Athenian’s had democracy, had abolished for Debt slaves, and public office was open to a wider group of men.

Peloponnesian War

431 BCE

431-404 B.C.E
The Peloponnesian War, was a war between the Athens (Delian League) and the Spartans (Peloponnesian League).

Reign of Alexander The Great

336 BCE

336-323 B.C.E
Alexander The Great tried create a great greek empire, he was named legend.