Week 5

We discussed about the war strategies of Persia . It was a very informative class . We saw a documentation of the Cyrus cylinder and how it holds importance for everyone till date. By the time the new babylonian empire emerged the King got a reputation similar to that of God and became a god king.We also discussed about the hellenistic period , Oracle of delphi and Athens and Spartas relationship. The class ended with a little discussion on Alexander the great.