Movie on Greeks Part 5

Today in Mr. Schick’s West Civ class, we kept on watching the movie on the Greeks. We are at the part in the movie where it tells us about how Persian Empire in the early 5^th century. It was the most powerful and it stretched from India in the east and in Turkey in the west. There was a Persian tyranny, who was King Darius and was known as the great one. People had to cover their mouths when speaking to him because if they did not it would pollute the air he was breathing. One difference between the Greeks and Persians was that the Greeks had slaves and the Persians did not. Athenians were more about freedom and the Persians were more about obedience and discipline. Athens standing army was called Helots. Athens was able to beat the Persians and the Democracy held out. The Persian armed men were mercenaries. No one thought that Athens could win.