East Versus West
Persia Versus West
Under Construction
[Video Introduction of Session]
Outline
Course Big Civilization
Session 4 Topics
Topic 1 Persia
Topic 2 Greece
Topic 3 The Roman Empire
Topic 4 The Byzantine Empire
Topic 5 The Muslims
Other Sessions
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Headlines
| YEAR | EVENTS |
|---|---|
| 652 | Persia: Achaemenid Dynasty Begins |
| 626 | Babylon: Revolts Against Assyria; 2nd Empire Begins |
| 612 | Nineveh: Assyrian Empire Destroyed |
| 605 | Syria: Battle of Carchemish: Babylon Defeats Egypt |
| 600 | Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar Builds the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. |
| 586 | Jerusalem: Babylonians Capture City; Jews Forced Out |
| 585 | Greece: May 28 Solar Eclipse Predicted by Thales |
| 546 | Levant: Conquered by Persians |
| 540 | Samos: Pythagoras Lived |
| 540 | Turkey: Greek Cities on West Coast Conquered by Persians |
| 539 | Babylon: Conquered by Persians |
| 525 | Egypt: Conquered by Persians |
| 516 | India: Persians Occupy Punjab |
| 515 | Jerusalem: 2nd Temple Constructed |
| 499 | Greece: War Versus Persia Begins |
| 490 | Greece: Battle of Marathon Stops Persian Invasion |
| 486 | China: First Part of Grand Canal Completed |
| 480 | India: First Buddhist Council Meets |
| 475 | China: Warring States Period Begins |
| 457 | Athens: Pericles Inaugurates Golden Age |
| 450 | Salamis Strait: Greek Fleet Repels Persian |
| 449 | Callias: Peace Treaty End Greek-Persian Wars |
| 449 | Greece: Herodotus Completes His History |
| 440 | Athens: Democritus Proposes Existence of Atoms |
| 438 | Athens: Parthenon Completed |
| 431 | Greece: Peloponnesian War Begins |
| 430 | Athens: Sophocles Writes Oedipus Rex |
| 420 | Athens: Alcibiades Made General |
| 404 | Athens: Athens Looses Peloponnesian War to Sparta |
| 400 | Egypt: Successfully Revolts Against Persians |
| 399 | Athens: Socrates Sentenced to Death |
| 385 | Athens: Plato Founds Academy |
| 338 | Chaeronea: After the battle here, Philip, King of Macedonia Takes Control of Greece |
| 334 | Turkey: Alexander the Great Invades Persian Territory |
| 332 | Tyre: Alexander Captures City After Lengthy Siege |
| 331 | Northern Iraq: Alexander Wins the Battle of Gaugamela |
| 323 | Babylon: Alexander’s Empire Partitioned Among His Top Generals |
| 307 | Alexandria: Ptolemy Founds the Great Library |
| 221 | China: Qin Shi Huang Establishes Chinese Empire |
| YEAR | EVENTS |
Concepts
- European (aka Western Civilization) began with ancient Greece and Rome.
- Conflicts between the civilizations of Europe and the Mideast began with the invasions of Persia and Greece.
- Religion became a principal factor in the conflicts, the different pagan religions early on and later the Christian religion for Europe and the Muslim religion for the Mideast.
More Information
From the History Moments Library
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 612 BC | Assyrian Empire Destroyed | François Lenormant |
| YEAR | TITLE | AUTHOR(s) |
From Elsewhere
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Post-Classical History Greco-Persian Wars
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