10 Challenges in the West 513 494 BC

I n the last few lectures, weve explored the cities and provinces of Persias vast empire in the time of Darius. In this lecture, we pick up our historical narrative in the year 513 B. C. With his empire uni ed and strong, Darius was looking to expand further, this time, into the land of Scythia. Although he wasnt successful there, he did manage to take Thrace, giving the Persians a foothold in northern Greece. The Great King then faced the Ionian Revolt, which serves for us as a kind of case study for understanding the challenges the Persians faced in governing their farÀ ung provinces.