TTC【双语字幕版】：西方文明的基础（S01E05：帝国的更迭_亚述-米底-新巴
2021-11-13 09:30 作者:HydratailNoctua | 我要投稿
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Assyrian Empire
Built upon:
- A very large army
- Iron weapons
- Cavalry
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Nebuchadnezzar Babylonian King, r. 605-562 B.C.
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Lydia coinage
Croesus; Lydian King, r. 560-546 B.C.
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Cyrus; Persian Shah, r. 559-530 B.C.
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Persian Imperial Success
- A very large army; approx. 300,000 men; the 10,000 Immortals
- Cavalry tactics
- Tolerant of local customs; Satrap, Persian administrator; "eyes and ears of the king", state spies
- A common system of weights and measures
- A single coinage
- Roads
- Language of imperial administration was Aramaic (Semitic language)
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Persian Religion
Zoroastrianism; Zarathustra (Zoroaster) ca. 1000, ca. 750, ca. 550 B.C.; Gathas, songs, poems; Avesta, spiritual scriptures of Zoroastrianism; Ahura Mazda, Zoroastrian God; Dualism, involved in a series of polarities
