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Athenian Democracy
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Peloponnesian War
Objectives:
Explain the Golden Age of Athens under
Pericles.
Explain the causes and effects of the
Peloponnesian War.
Age of Pericles
• Pericles ruled Athens
from 460-429 B.C.
• He believed that all
male citizens,
regardless of wealth
or social class, should
take part in
government.
• Athens became the
political and cultural
center of the eastern
Mediterranean.
Athenian Democracy
• Topics
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Democratic Reforms – Direct Democracy
Education,
Status of Women
Slaves
Daily Life
Athenian Democracy
• Each of the five groups will be presenting
your topic to the class.
• Each group must create a visual
• You will have 10 minutes to complete this
task.
• Any Questions?
• Go!!!
Athenian Democracy
• Topics
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Democratic Reforms – Direct Democracy
Education,
Status of Women
Slaves
Daily Life
Peloponnesian War
Steps of War
• 431 B.C. Sparta invades countryside by
Athens
• Pericles brings Athenians inside the walls of
Athens.
• Athens builds longwall from Athens to sea
to protest supply routes.
• Disease swept through the city killing
thousands, Pericles dies.
Steps Continued
• Alcibiades takes over the Athenian army.
• He is accused of working against religion of
city and flees.
• Alcibiades is brought back to defeat Sparta.
• He won many victories, but could not
change tide of war
• 404 B.C. Athens surrenders
• Alcibiades is murdered by Sparta
Results of War
• Widespread death and destruction
• Civil war over democratic rule vs.
aristocratic rule
• Democracy declined in Athens. A small
group of nobles run the city.
Athenian Democracy
&
Peloponnesian War
Objectives:
Explain the Golden Age of Athens under
Pericles.
Explain the causes and effects of the
Peloponnesian War.