Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (TRIH eps 668-669)
550 BCE–490 BCE · Resource
A two-part series on the Greco-Persian conflict: the rise of the Achaemenid Empire and Darius I's response to the Ionian Revolt and the burning of Sardis, followed by the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 550 BCE
- Persian invasions of Greece (499 BCE)
- Gautama Buddha (563 BCE)
- Achaemenid Persian Empire (550 BCE)
- Confucius (551 BCE)
- Roman Republic founded (509 BCE)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Cleisthenes' reforms (508 BCE)
- Socrates (469 BCE)
- Ramayana (500 BCE)
- Babylonian Captivity of the Jews (597 BCE)