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Lesson 3: The Golden Age of Athens
... a huge army. Persia was the most powerful empire of its time. The Persian and Athenian armies battled on a plain northeast of Athens called Marathon. The Athenians won. According to legend, a warrior ran 26.2 miles to Athens with the news. Today the marathon is a long race based on the Greek legend. ...
... a huge army. Persia was the most powerful empire of its time. The Persian and Athenian armies battled on a plain northeast of Athens called Marathon. The Athenians won. According to legend, a warrior ran 26.2 miles to Athens with the news. Today the marathon is a long race based on the Greek legend. ...
SECTION 2: THE RISE OF GREEK CITY-STATES
... • So, without the help of their fellow greeks the Athenians were forced to battle the Persians on their own • With a suicidal surge up the middle of the Persian line, the Athenians were able to break the formation and drive the Persian Army back to their ...
... • So, without the help of their fellow greeks the Athenians were forced to battle the Persians on their own • With a suicidal surge up the middle of the Persian line, the Athenians were able to break the formation and drive the Persian Army back to their ...
section 2: the rise of greek city-states
... • So, without the help of their fellow greeks the Athenians were forced to battle the Persians on their own • With a suicidal surge up the middle of the Persian line, the Athenians were able to break the formation and drive the Persian Army back to their ...
... • So, without the help of their fellow greeks the Athenians were forced to battle the Persians on their own • With a suicidal surge up the middle of the Persian line, the Athenians were able to break the formation and drive the Persian Army back to their ...
Sparta, Athens, and Persia
... COMMERCIAL RIVALRY between Athens and Sparta's ally Corinth was an important factor. (Real cause: Spartan fear of Athens' growth of power.) STRENGTHS: Sparta's army had the ability to besiege Athens and lay waste to its fields. Athens' unrivaled navy could import foodstuffs and harass its enemies' ...
... COMMERCIAL RIVALRY between Athens and Sparta's ally Corinth was an important factor. (Real cause: Spartan fear of Athens' growth of power.) STRENGTHS: Sparta's army had the ability to besiege Athens and lay waste to its fields. Athens' unrivaled navy could import foodstuffs and harass its enemies' ...
ASSIGNMENT #2: Introduction to Ancient Greece Reading
... War (431-404 B.C.E.), both Sparta and Athens gathered allies and fought on and off for decades because no single city-state was strong enough to conquer the others. With war came famine, plague, death, and misfortune. But war cannot kill ideas. Despite the eventual military surrender of Athens, Athe ...
... War (431-404 B.C.E.), both Sparta and Athens gathered allies and fought on and off for decades because no single city-state was strong enough to conquer the others. With war came famine, plague, death, and misfortune. But war cannot kill ideas. Despite the eventual military surrender of Athens, Athe ...
Classical Greece
... – Herodotus – wrote History of the Persian Wars – seen as the first historian (yeah!) – Thucydides – General who fought in the Great Peloponnesian War and wrote the history of it. Considered the greatest historian of the ancient world. Instead of writing about gods and legends he examined events and ...
... – Herodotus – wrote History of the Persian Wars – seen as the first historian (yeah!) – Thucydides – General who fought in the Great Peloponnesian War and wrote the history of it. Considered the greatest historian of the ancient world. Instead of writing about gods and legends he examined events and ...
Greeks and the Romans
... ◦ Evaluate Athenian democracy and the reasons for Athens’ decline ◦ Describe the changes that occurred in Greece and Persia after their conquest by Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great ◦ The Legacy of Greece ...
... ◦ Evaluate Athenian democracy and the reasons for Athens’ decline ◦ Describe the changes that occurred in Greece and Persia after their conquest by Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great ◦ The Legacy of Greece ...
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... what was to become of them, became careless of all law, sacred as well as profane. . . . And many resorted to shameless modes of burial because so many members of their households had already died that they lacked the proper funeral materials. Resorting to other people’s pyres, some, anticipating th ...
... what was to become of them, became careless of all law, sacred as well as profane. . . . And many resorted to shameless modes of burial because so many members of their households had already died that they lacked the proper funeral materials. Resorting to other people’s pyres, some, anticipating th ...
Warring City-States
... after Themistocles (Athenian leader) told the people of the city to flee. Athenian fleets defeat Persians at sea, near island of ...
... after Themistocles (Athenian leader) told the people of the city to flee. Athenian fleets defeat Persians at sea, near island of ...
warring city-states
... What is a POLIS? A polis was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis, which controlled a surrounding territory of land. The term polis has, therefore, been translated ...
... What is a POLIS? A polis was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A polis consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis, which controlled a surrounding territory of land. The term polis has, therefore, been translated ...
Athens v. Sparta Comparison Chart
... decisions made by the Assembly. The Assembly open to all citizens (all citizens were eligible to attend such meetings and speak up). They passed laws and made policy decisions. The Assembly met on the Hill of the Pnyx at the foot of the Acropolis. During time of Pericles citizens were paid for jury ...
... decisions made by the Assembly. The Assembly open to all citizens (all citizens were eligible to attend such meetings and speak up). They passed laws and made policy decisions. The Assembly met on the Hill of the Pnyx at the foot of the Acropolis. During time of Pericles citizens were paid for jury ...
The Beginnings of Greek Civilization
... extended citizenship to non land owners Organized a festival to Dionysus ...
... extended citizenship to non land owners Organized a festival to Dionysus ...
Ancient Greece Jeopardy
... • The Greek city-states all spoke Greek and had the same religion. They were unique because they each had their own government. ...
... • The Greek city-states all spoke Greek and had the same religion. They were unique because they each had their own government. ...
Sparta v. Athens
... hand on my fatherland greater and better than I found it. I will not consent to anyone’s disobeying or destroying the constitution but will prevent him, whether I am with others or alone. I will honor the temples and the religion my forefathers ...
... hand on my fatherland greater and better than I found it. I will not consent to anyone’s disobeying or destroying the constitution but will prevent him, whether I am with others or alone. I will honor the temples and the religion my forefathers ...
The Rise of Greek Democracy
... To understand the rise of Greek democracy, we have to look at the differences between our modern nation-state, which is a large collection of people, cities, and states, and the city-states like ancient Athens, which occupied the urban center of Athens and the surrounding countryside of Attica. The ...
... To understand the rise of Greek democracy, we have to look at the differences between our modern nation-state, which is a large collection of people, cities, and states, and the city-states like ancient Athens, which occupied the urban center of Athens and the surrounding countryside of Attica. The ...
Greek Wars Review
... on the island of Sicily. Athens is defeated in 413 B.C. Athens and its allies surrender to Sparta in 404 B.C. ...
... on the island of Sicily. Athens is defeated in 413 B.C. Athens and its allies surrender to Sparta in 404 B.C. ...
Chapter 11: Ancient Greece Lesson 4: Sparta and Athens p. 378 – 383
... § Government: Sparta built a state in which every part of life was organized ...
... § Government: Sparta built a state in which every part of life was organized ...
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... § Government: Sparta built a state in which every part of life was organized ...
... § Government: Sparta built a state in which every part of life was organized ...
Greek History
... 34. The Lelantine War in Euboea between 710 and 650 BC was primarily fought by ____ & ____. a. Larisa, Myceneae b. Corinth, Ephesus c. Chalcis, Eretria d. Miletus, Magnesia 35. The procedure during the Athenian democracy by which a citizen could be sent into exile for ten years was called______ a. p ...
... 34. The Lelantine War in Euboea between 710 and 650 BC was primarily fought by ____ & ____. a. Larisa, Myceneae b. Corinth, Ephesus c. Chalcis, Eretria d. Miletus, Magnesia 35. The procedure during the Athenian democracy by which a citizen could be sent into exile for ten years was called______ a. p ...
ANCIENT GREECE ATHENS AND SPARTA
... In Ancient Greece there were two different major forms of government, oligarchy and democracy. Oligarchy refers to a small group of people who govern a nation together. Democracy refers to a system of government in which every person has the right to participate. The two city-states that best repres ...
... In Ancient Greece there were two different major forms of government, oligarchy and democracy. Oligarchy refers to a small group of people who govern a nation together. Democracy refers to a system of government in which every person has the right to participate. The two city-states that best repres ...
File - Ms. Peterman`s Class
... Sparta has the most powerful army in Greece ◦ Spartan’s valued duty, strength, and discipline. ◦ They did not value individual freedom, individuality beauty, and arts, literature, or learning. ...
... Sparta has the most powerful army in Greece ◦ Spartan’s valued duty, strength, and discipline. ◦ They did not value individual freedom, individuality beauty, and arts, literature, or learning. ...