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Ancient Greece
Golden Age of Athens
Achievements
Medicine - Hippocrates realized that
weather, drinking water and location
plays a role in health
History - Herodotus wrote down the
history of the Persian Wars
Ancient Greece
Golden Age of Athens
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Socrates 470-399 B.C.
Taught by asking questions
Wanted students to think
Tried for corrupting young people
Put in prison and ordered to kill himself
with poison
Ancient Greece
Golden Age of Athens
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have
to say something.”
Plato 428 – 328 B.C.
Thought to be one of the greatest
philosopher ever
Follow reason not emotion
Wrote down what Socrates said
Aristotle was Plato’s student
Ancient Greece
Golden Age of Athens
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
Aristotle 384-322 B.C.
Follow reason not emotion
Reality found on Earth
Fascinated by science and described more
than 500 species of animals
Live by the Golden Mean – balanced life.
Not too much, but not too little
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian comes from
the name of the peninsula
Fought between Athens
and Sparta
431 BC to 404 BC
Athens loses the war
End to the golden age
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
The First War - lasted for 10 years
Spartans dominated land- Athens, sea
Built long walls to sea and stayed in
city to access to supplies from their
ships
People died of plague including
Pericles
The "long walls" were around 4 ½ miles long.
Length of the walls around the city and the
ports was around 22 miles.
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
Peace of Nicias - 421 BC
In 415 BC, Athens helps allies on Sicily
Sent force to attack Syracuse.
Athens lost the battle
Sparta retaliate
Start the Second Peloponnesian War
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
Second War
Spartans gather allies to conquer
Athens, even the Persians lent
them money to build warships
Athens recovered and won a
series of battles between 410
and 406 BC.
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
Athens is defeated
405 BC, Spartan general Lysander
defeats Athenian Navy
Athenians began to starve
In 404 BC Athens surrenders
City-states want Athens
destroyed
Sparta disagreed tear down its
walls
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
Sparta won the Peloponnesian War
in 404 BC - end of the Golden Era
Sparta put in government of 30
generals
Athens rebels - 403 BC democracy is
restored
Alexander and the
Hellenistic Period
323 BC to 30 BC
Alexander and the
Hellenistic Period
323 BC to 30 BC
Alexander the Great
At 20 King of Macedonia
One of Aristotle’s student
Fearless Fighter
Troops very loyal
Conquered Greece
Alexander and the
Hellenistic Period
323 BC to 30 BC
Took three years to conquer
Persian Empire
By 326 BC invaded western
India
Men tired and wanted to go
home
Indian used elephants in Battle
327 BC Alexander went home
Alexander and the
Hellenistic Period
323 BC to 30 BC
324 BC Alex went to
Babylon to make new plans
Sick and died at the age of
33
One of the most brilliant
and bravest leader the
world has ever known
Alexander and the
Hellenistic Period
323 BC to 30 BC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cm6Fb8Stmg
http://www.historyforkids.net/alexander.html
http://www.biography.com/people/alexander-the-great9180468#campaigns-and-conquests
Alexander’s Other Conquests • Pushed east for
next three years, conquered parts of Central
Asia • Armies reached Indiaʼs Indus River Valley
in 326 B.C. • Alexander wanted to keep going,
but armies insisted on turning back • Returned
to Babylon in 323 B.C.; Alexander fell ill, died at
age 32 - because of achievements, he is
remembered as Alexander the Great • Three
generals divided Alexanderʼs empire after his
death
A Blend of Cultures • Alexander spread Greek
culture, set up colonies, built cities - left Greeks
to rule lands; Greek became common language •
Alexander adopted Persian styles, customs combined Egyptian, Indian, Persian, Greek
cultures - cultural blend known as Hellenistic
after Hellas, Greek name for Greece • Combined
knowledge led to science, medicine discoveries