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The Age of Pericles
4.4
Delian League
 Defend against
Persia/drive Persia
out of Greek territory
 Athens and allies- NO
SPARTA
 Athens soon became
headquarters
Democracy
 Direct Democracy
 All citizens can vote on each law or policy
 In Athens, male citizens over age 18 attended assembly meetings
 Representative Democracy
 Citizens choose the people who make the laws and policies
 In the United States, Congress passes laws
 Both
 Citizens participate in government
 The people hold the power
Pericles
 Athenian Statesman-
Ruled 30+ years
 Demanded payment and
loyalty from league
members
 Allowed lower class
citizens to run for public
office
 Paid officeholders- the
poor could participate!
Government
 Direct democracy
 Assembly- passed all laws, elected officials,
made decisions on war and foreign affairs
 10 officials (generals) who carried out laws and
policies
 43,000 male citizens/ >6000 attended every 10
days
Economy
Farming- grains, vegetables, fruit,
grapes, olives
Herders- sheep, goats
Imported grain
Trading center
Culture
 Major rebuilding after Persian
Wars
 New temples/statues
 Arts, architects, writers,
philosophers,
 The School of Greece
 Slavery common
 Men- worked in am, exercised,
meeting in afternoon
 Women- home and family,
leave with men
Wars
 Peloponnesian Wars- Athens and Delian League against Sparta
 1st winter- Pericles-Funeral Oration to honor dead
 Power of democracy and courage to fight
 Athens moved inside walls of city, navy delivered supplies
 2nd year- disease killed 1/3 of pop, including Pericles
Sparta
 No navy
 Made deal with Persian
Empire
 $ for navy for Greek land
in Asia Minor
Surrender
 1 year later, Athens surrendered
 Sparta tore down walls, broke up empire
 Weakened all city-states
 Many died/farms destroyed/no jobs (unemployment)
 No unity
 Sparta attempted rule  rebellions