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Greek people

Ancient Greece

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Heinrich Schliemann

Week 4: Ancient Greece ?You get that nice feeling of? moistness?? Professor Chaves, 2015 Finding Troy Heinrich Schliemann: founder of Troy Gifted amateur archaeologist Dad told him about The Iliad when he was eight Led to him wanting to find archaeological proof of the existence of Troy Went into business to fund search for Troy Claimed to have found original site of Troy at Hisarlik City in Turkey Dressed his Greek wife in treasures he uncovered and took pictures Captioned them ?Helen of Troy? Historian David Trell claimed Schliemann?s finding of Troy was just romantic fiction Schliemann was a conman and changed the course of archeology Focused interest in sites and events of The Iliad Created widespread belief of their physical reality World traveler

AP World History Chapter 4 Outlines

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Roman empire

The Persian Empire After the fall of the Egyptian and Hittite Empires in the Middle East (1200 BCE) many smaller states prevailed the area. Then over time new powers came to attention with first the Assyrians, then the Persians. And then a great conqueror was well known named Cyrus the Great. Cyrus was known for establishing the Persian Empire located in the northwestern region of India. Cyrus allowed some of the empire to keep older traditions such as cuneiform. For quite some time the Persian empire was considered to be much more advanced and skilled compared to the Greeks. The empire also created many political and cultural traditions still used today in present day Iran. Political Styles and Innovations
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