Chapter 5- Greece and Rome
Persian Empire Tolerance Embraced languages and cultures Considerate to diversity Authoritarian Centralized laws Taxes Infrastructure System of roads Postal service Inns for travelers Bureaucracy Expanded empire Integrated territories Zoroastrianism Moral choice Unable to conquer Greece Ended due to Alexander the Great Greece Indo-European nomads who settled in the Greek peninsula 1700 BCE An early kingdom developed around 1400 BCE, Mycenae Complex society arose between 800 and 600 BCE City-states Olympic games Hellenistic culture Sparta Strong militarily aristocracy Slave population Athens Diverse commercial state Slave use Artistic and intellectual Peloponnesian Wars Wars fought between Athens and Sparta with the spartans winning 431-404 BCE Taken over by the Macedonians 338 BCE