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During the Dorian Era Greece It was a dark time for learning in the area we now call Greece However… World History During the Dorian Era People descended from Minoans, Mycenaeans, etc., stopped relating as much with their own heritage and started instead feeling like a new, unique culture After the Dorian Era POLIS GREEK A city and the surrounding rural area ACROPOLIS IN ATHENS Around 750 BCE these Greeks started dividing into city-states Between 50-500 sq. miles <10,000 residents Centered around the acropolis Forms of Government MONARCHY ARISTOCRACY OLIGARCHY DIRECT DEMOCRACY 1 Monarchy Hereditary Rule by king or queen Sometimes they claim divine right Aristocracy Rule by small groups of wealthy nobles Hereditary based on family connections Nobles usually own land Oligarchy Rule by small group of people Not necessarily nobles by name, though Powerful for other reasons (rich, lead strong armies, etc.) Persian Wars Persia stretched from India to Asia Minor Huge land army Emperor Darius Often got the land because an ancestor had served in the king’s military Direct Democracy Directly ruled by citizens Majority rule People have a say, but it’s very cumbersome 499 BCE Athens went to the aid of some Greeks who were living in Asia Minor Darius does not appreciate their interference 2 490 BCE-Marathon Darius sails across the Aegean Sends forces toward Athens Athenian army meets them at Marathon Themistocles warned that the Persians would come back Build ships! City-state… Assemble!!! On the coast Battle at Marathon They’ll be back… Persians have 2x as many men Persians flee Pheidippides runs back to Marathon 480 BCE-Thermopylae Darius’ son Xerxes brings a much larger force to Greece Spartan forces meet them at a mountain pass 480 BCE-Thermopylae A valiant effort by the Spartans Led by King Leonidas But Athens is burned to the ground Thermopylae 480 BCE-Strait of Salamis Themistocles sends a slave disguised as a traitor to see the Persian leaders “The Greeks are sailing away and escaping!” But what of the Athenian people? 3 480 BCE-Strait of Salamis It’s totally a trap Persian ships are cornered and rammed by the Athenian Navy We are the Chosen Ones!!! The Delian League is formed following the Persian Wars Meetings held on island of Delos 4