The Greek World

Background to Herodotus and Thucydides

The Early Greek World

• The Rise of the Polis 1000-600 BC• Collapse of the Bronze Age Monarchies• Age of the Basileis• The Hoplite Revolution

• Trade and Colonization 900-500 BC• The Revival of Trade in the Tenth Century

BC• Phoenician Colonies• Greek Colonization

Trade Routes in Antiquity

Colonial Expansion, 800-500 BC

Carthage

Cadiz

Massalia

Cultural Impact I

Cultural Impact II

Greece and Persia• Development of Athenian Democracy

• Solon’s Reforms ca. 590• Peisistratid Tyranny 560-510• Cleisthenes’ Reforms ca. 500

• First Persian War • Cyrus the Great 559-529• Further Expansion under Darius 521-486• Ionian Rebellion, 500• Marathon 490

• Second Persian War 481-479• Xerxes 486-465• Thermopylae 480• Salamis 480

Persian Expansion

Rise of the Athenian Empire

• Delian League 477• Leadership of Themistokles 493-470• Leadership of Cimon 470-461

• Conflicts with Sparta and Persia• Construction of Long Walls 460-457• Athenian Expedition to Egypt 456• League Treasury moved to Athens 454• Cypriot Expedition and Peace with

Persia 449-448

• Creation of Empire 448• 30-years’ Peace with Sparta 445• Dominance of Pericles 443-429

Athens and Sparta

Sparta

Athens

PersianEmpire

Athenian Expansion, 460-445 BC

CarthageSyracuse Athens

Persian Empire