started to increase with Athens’ growing polis. Anti-Athenian feelings were starting to spread throughout Greece. Spartans new they had to get out while they could due to the fact that Athens was starting to become a ruler instead of a leader. While Pericles was in charge of Athens‚ it became overcrowded. A plague broke out and wiped out almost half of the Athenian population including its army and
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also issued the Megarian Decrees. “These prevented Megara from using any port of Athens or her allies‚ effectively imposing a trade embargo” (1). Sparta attempted to find a solution to help their long-time allies‚ but Athens rallied by their leader Pericles and refused to ease up. This only led to more tension between the city states. By 431 the war was back on with the invasion of Attica led
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was the basic unit of Greek civilization? 19. In what sporting contest did the Greek communities participate? What may be symbolism of this? 20. In what important military endeavor did the major Greek powers cooperate? 21. Describe the rule of Pericles in Athens. 22. How did Athens and Sparta come to rival each other in the Peloponnesian Wars? 23. What was the next major Greek-influenced power to rise after the exhausting Peloponnesian Wars? 24. Describe the conquests of Alexander the Great
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tribute from the states it controlled‚ Pericles‚ the leader of Athens‚ began a building project in Athens that was legendary. Athens had been sacked by the Persians during the Persian Wars and Pericles set out to rebuild the city. The city’s walls had already been rebuilt right after the end of the second Persian War so Pericles rebuilt temples‚ public grounds‚ and other impressive structures. One of the most famous structures to result from Pericles’ building project was the Parthenon.
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Through the works of the Athenian historian‚ Thucydides‚ a myriad of information is shared pertaining to not only to his own life‚ but to the society and culture of Ancient Greece as well. He was born around 460-455 BC and through his life he wrote one of the most in depth recordings of the Peloponnesian War entitled‚ History of the Peloponnesian War. Not only did Thucydides live within the wartime period‚ he also fought in this war as well as a military general. The efforts that Thucydides contributed
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demarcate “rich” and “poor”‚ and secondly‚ that it ‘underlay the ideal of autarkeia‚ “self-sufficiency”.’ Providing further evidence to the centrality of agriculture in classical Athens‚ and more specifically to the oikos‚ Plutarch describes how Pericles “sold all his annual produce all together at once‚ and then he used it to buy in the agora each item as it was needed‚ and so provided for the daily livelihood of his household”. The economic and cultural value of agriculture in antiquity is conveyed
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bit skeptical of service-learning courses which appear to me to have the singular objective of helping "the other." Consequently‚ I responded to a funding opportunity offered by Project Pericles to design a course that encouraged social responsibility and participatory citizenship. Much to my delight‚ Project Pericles endorsed my proposal to design a non-service learning course. As this brief discussion of the course design and implementation illustrates‚ I hope‚ history classes can be excellent models
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Now‚ Shakespeare was a famous playwright of the time and it seemed logical for him to express his ideologies through his popular plays to comment on his society. Shakespeare was able to use scenes such as the Brutus vs. Antony orations to stress the conflicting ideals between truth and propaganda‚ as well as their effects on society. Shakespeare captures Brutus’s honesty when he states “I honour him; but as he was ambitious‚ I slew him” through his use of prose within the speech
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in medicine‚ government‚ and mathematics (which is still influencing the modern world). Fifth century Athens made a big influence on modern day government and laws. When Pericles ruled‚ 460 B.C. – 429 B.C.‚ he took democracy to new heights. He set up a direct democracy where male citizens would debate over laws. Pericles set up the idea of having juries to determine facts and provide a decision of whether or not a person is guilty of a crime based on those facts. He also came up with the idea
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Analysis of Caius Cassius Character Caius Cassius plays one of the most important roles in William Shakespeare’s play‚ “Julius Caesar”‚ which is centred round the assassination of the Roman dictator. The driving force behind the conspiracy is Cassius though there are others who are unhappy with the state of affairs under the prevailing system. Yet‚ they do not take an active part in the design to get rid of powerful Caesar. So‚ it is not incorrect to state that the chief protagonist of the assassination
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