{"id":101254,"date":"2026-07-26T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T06:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=101254"},"modified":"2026-03-08T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:10:19","slug":"the-ancient-greeks-03-enter-the-persians-5-earth-and-water-the-logic-of-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/07\/26\/the-ancient-greeks-03-enter-the-persians-5-earth-and-water-the-logic-of-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Greeks 03 &#8211; Enter the Persians 5 &#8211; Earth and Water: The Logic of Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJ3kGDLQD_g?si=PEC7RrV4orI2aAnn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>seangabb<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 16 Feb 2026<\/p>\n<p>Why does Persia turn west? In this lecture we examine Persian strategic thinking after the suppression of the Ionian Revolt. We analyse the demand for &#8220;earth and water&#8221;, the meaning of submission in Persian political culture, and the diplomatic crisis that follows.<\/p>\n<p>Most Greek states comply. Athens and Sparta do not. We also explore the Persian expedition of 492 BC under Mardonius and the calculated preparation for renewed intervention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>seangabb Published 16 Feb 2026 Why does Persia turn west? In this lecture we examine Persian strategic thinking after the suppression of the Ionian Revolt. We analyse the demand for &#8220;earth and water&#8221;, the meaning of submission in Persian political culture, and the diplomatic crisis that follows. Most Greek states comply. Athens and Sparta do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1526,7,370],"tags":[1491,1527,732,1101,1468,1151],"class_list":["post-101254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greece","category-history","category-middle-east","tag-aegeansea","tag-ancientgreece","tag-athens","tag-persia","tag-seangabb","tag-sparta"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-ql8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101255,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101254\/revisions\/101255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}