PERSIA AND THE GREEKS

ASSYRIA. "TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL" (722 BC). CARTHAGE (IN MODERN TUNISIA). DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH (612 BC). BY BABYLONIANS AND MEDES.

LYDIA. GYGES. CROESUS OF LYDIA (560-546 BC). SARDIS.

IRANIAN PLATEAU. PERSEPEOLIS. SUSA. DREAM OF ASTYAGES THE MEDE (RULED 584-550 BC). HARPAGUS. CYRUS THE PERSIAN (d. 530 BC). BABYLON. BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY (586-538 B.C.) AND RELEASE OF THE JEWS.

ZOROASTER (ZARATHUSTRA, ZOROASTRIANISM). AHURAMAZDA. ACHAEMENIDS.

CAMBYSES. INVASION OF EGYPT. DARIUS (RULED 522-485 BC). BEHISTUN INSCRIPTION. SATRAPS. ROYAL ROAD. SCYTHIA. HISTIAEUS.

499 BC. IONIAN REVOLT. ATHENIAN INTERFERENCE

494 BC. SACK OF MILETUS. TRIREMES.

FIRST INVASION (492 BC)

FLEET WRECKED OFF MOUNT ATHOS

SECOND INVASION (490 BC)

ERETRIA. PHEIDIPPIDES. MARATHON. MILTIADES.

CAUSES OF ATHENIAN VICTORY. "LOVE OF FREEDOM." THE OLD OLIGARCH: THE HORRORS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE ELITE BIAS IN GREEK LITERATURE