What Was The Turning Point Of The Persian War
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Throughout history we haven't seen a lot of things like the Persian wars. These wars were between Greek city states including Athens, Sparta and a few others small cites. Along with the massive Persian Empire. This happened over two thousand years ago and we'll notice; why this was a major turning point within the Greek society, cultural developments that happened within the "Golden Age", and the fall between Athens and Sparta which led to the Peloponnesian wars.
The society and culture of the Greeks has had an ever-lasting impact, but none like the achievements after the Persian wars. These wars took place around (490 – 479) BC, and afterwards was a major turning point and lead to the "Golden Age" for Greece. These wars demonstrated the difference between the western and eastern world, through the way Greeks acted. They called there "cousins from the north" the Macedoines barbarians, along with the Persians. This was because the Greeks held themselves to a …show more content…
The cultural developments that occurred at this time had a major impact on the growth of humans in the western world, and has lead humans to how we are today. Developments at this time included; Philosophy, the blossoming of theater, and funding from the "Delian League" made Athens very wealthy. This was an anti-Persian coolalision, and used its sea-based alliance to drive Persians out of Ionian Greece. Once their goal was accomplished Athens wouldn’t allow city states to back out, and made an example of the city states of Naxos and Thebes when they tried to reble. They spent Delian money on building up their city, and they used state funds to build the famous Parthenon. Private funded buildings included; stoas, gymnasiums, stadiums, and gardens. philosophers Socrates and Plato were at work at this time, and Athens was thriving. Aeschylus at this time wrote a popular tragedy called Orestria (458), along with many
Throughout history we haven't seen a lot of things like the Persian wars. These wars were between Greek city states including Athens, Sparta and a few others small cites. Along with the massive Persian Empire. This happened over two thousand years ago and we'll notice; why this was a major turning point within the Greek society, cultural developments that happened within the "Golden Age", and the fall between Athens and Sparta which led to the Peloponnesian wars.
The society and culture of the Greeks has had an ever-lasting impact, but none like the achievements after the Persian wars. These wars took place around (490 – 479) BC, and afterwards was a major turning point and lead to the "Golden Age" for Greece. These wars demonstrated the difference between the western and eastern world, through the way Greeks acted. They called there "cousins from the north" the Macedoines barbarians, along with the Persians. This was because the Greeks held themselves to a …show more content…
The cultural developments that occurred at this time had a major impact on the growth of humans in the western world, and has lead humans to how we are today. Developments at this time included; Philosophy, the blossoming of theater, and funding from the "Delian League" made Athens very wealthy. This was an anti-Persian coolalision, and used its sea-based alliance to drive Persians out of Ionian Greece. Once their goal was accomplished Athens wouldn’t allow city states to back out, and made an example of the city states of Naxos and Thebes when they tried to reble. They spent Delian money on building up their city, and they used state funds to build the famous Parthenon. Private funded buildings included; stoas, gymnasiums, stadiums, and gardens. philosophers Socrates and Plato were at work at this time, and Athens was thriving. Aeschylus at this time wrote a popular tragedy called Orestria (458), along with many