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Topic 1 – Session 4 – Big Civilization<\/p>\n

The first superpower in history was Persia. After conquering Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the eastern Mediterranean countries, it had a choice. It could expand south to Arabia, southeast to India, or north to the barbarian central Asia. To the east, China beckoned. It rejected all of these choices and sent its armies west.<\/p>\n

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Outline<\/h4>\n

Course<\/a> Big Civilization
\nSession 4<\/a> Persia Versus West<\/p>\n

Other Topics for This Session<\/strong>
\nOne| |Two<\/a>| |Three<\/a>| |Four<\/a>| |Five<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Further Information<\/h1>\n

From History Moments Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
YEAR BC<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
600<\/td>\nCyrus Begins the Persian Empire<\/a><\/td>\nGeorge Grote<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
490<\/td>\nThe Battle of Marathon<\/a><\/td>\nSir Edward Creasy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
480<\/td>\nThe Battle of Thermopylae<\/a><\/td>\nHerodotus<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
331<\/td>\nThe Battle of Gaugamela<\/a><\/td>\nSir Edward Creasy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
322<\/td>\nAlexander the Great Reduces Tyre<\/a><\/td>\nOliver Goldsmith<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
240 AD<\/td>\nReign of Persia\u2019s King Sapor I<\/a><\/td>\nGeorge Rawlinson<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

From Elsewhere<\/h2>\n

Reads<\/h3>\n

Achaemenid Empire<\/a> Darius the Great<\/a> Seleucid Empire<\/a> Sasanian Empire<\/a> Parthia<\/a><\/p>\n

Videos<\/h3>\n