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History of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Part II (486-330 BC; Xerxes I - Alexander the Great)
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History of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Part II (486-330 BC; Xerxes I - Alexander the Great)
FromHistory with Cy
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60 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2021
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In the second of this two part series on the Achaemenid Persian Empire, we continue with Darius the Great's son, Xerxes and some of the main events of the Greco-Persian wars, and then follow the lives of his successors up to Darius III and the fall of the Achaemenid Empire with its conquest by Alexander of Macedonia, a.k.a. Alexander the Great. Contents: 00:00 Intro and Recap01:33 Xerxes (486-465 BC)03:43 Xerxes Invades Greece08:47 Battle of Thermopylae11:18 Battle of Salamis12:40 Battle of Plataea 14:40 Xerxes after Greece18:26 Artaxerxes I (465-424 BC)25:57 Darius II (424-404 BC)30:07 Cyrus the Younger and the Battle of Cunaxa31:17 Artaxerxes II (404-359 BC)36:50 Artaxerxes III (359-338 BC)39:20 Philip II and the Rise of Macedonia42:25 Darius III (336-330 BC)44:47 Alexander of Macedon and the Battle of the Granicus River47:44 Battle of Issus50:17 Battle of Gaugamela53:40 The Last Days of Darius III57:38 End of the Achaemenid Empire and Aftermath58:54 Thank you and PatronsFollow History with Cy:YouTube ChannelInstagramFacebookTwitterWebsite Support the show
Released:
Apr 20, 2021
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