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    Persepolis Regions: Arabia‚ Parthia‚ Bactria‚ Media‚ Phrygia‚ Syria‚ Phoenicia‚ Egypt‚ Cyrenaica‚ Illyria‚ Epirus‚ Thrace Islands: Rhodes‚ Cyprus‚ Cos‚ Chios Terms: Plataea ostracism Themistocles Pausanias Delian League Cimon Eurymedon Pericles Hegemon Athenian Classical art (tragedy‚ poetry‚ pottery‚ sculpture) Athenian Classical family life Athenian democracy Metics Causes of the Peloponnesian War (~435 BCE) Sophists Peloponnesian War (1st Phase 431-21—aka Archidamian War) Nicias

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    HIEU 101 Final Exam Review Sheet Identifications Ionian Revolt Themistocles Pericles Cimon Peloponnesian League Herodotus Thucydides Ephialtes Sophists Satrap Areopagus The Council of the 500 Pisistratus Agoge Stasis Peloponnesian League Aristagoras The Sixth-Parters The Definition of the Word Tyrant The Peace of Callias The Battle of Marathon Megarian Decree Boards of Ten Parthenon Aristophanes Essays 1. The great Persian invasion under Xerxes was a crucial

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    age is a period known as such because it was a time that Athens had great cultural and economic growth. Consistently is the same time in which athenian politics was at its peak. This period went from 449 to 431 B.C.‚ and is also known as the Age of Pericles. He was the leader general elected in 443 BCE‚ a title that he held until his death in 429 BCE (History.com‚ 2009). The Golden age of Athens came to live right after Athens defeated the Persians in the period of 480–479 BC‚ called the Greco-Persian

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    The democratic reforms instituted in Athens from 463 to 451 BC by both Ephialtes and his ‘successor’ Pericles are wide ranging and unprecedented for their era. The political upheaval in the 5th century BC is often cited by modern historians as a ‘radical’ shift from conservative democracy to a liberal‚ direct democracy involving all citizens. The oligarchical institution known as the Areopagus‚ comprised of ex-archons from the two aristocratic classes‚ was the largest obstacle in the way of full

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    History 121 Chapter 7 #1. As the Minoans civilizations we have limited records but we can say they were masters of seas and great shipbuilder‚ which allow them the trade by the seas‚ also they have a base religion using bull leaping not only as a sport‚ if not as a penitence on their religion practice‚ they constructed big cities and palaces for their ruler an example is the Palace of Knossos where the legendary Kind of Minos lived. After the end of the Minoans civilizations there are not

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    Thucydide rightfully finds fault with Athen’s inability to represent facts and it’s tendency to act based on disillusioned ideology on an overarching political scale. He does not make claims of political corruption or voter fraud like scandals of the modern day do. He doesn’t view the notion of voting as flawed within itself; he does however attribute problems to the mindsets of Athenian citizens as well as on the athenian statesmen. From reading I would describe Athenian politics at this time as

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    As much as The Battle of Salamis was a significant victorious accomplishment for the Greek Navy‚ it was equally as important to the Persians as subdue against their Empire. As the reader embarks on a journey into a review on one of the greatest battle of all times‚ here is a brief summary about the Author‚ his background and the battle of Salamis through his eyes. Barry Strauss is currently the professor of history and classics at the prestigious Cornell University. He has been published countless

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    different politically‚ artistically‚ socially and in terms of class distinction. So‚ Han China and classical Athens were different in terms of politics mainly by their types of government. Classical Athens had a democracy‚ stated in document four. As Pericles put it‚ “its administration is in the hands‚ not of a few‚ but of the whole peoples [Doc. 4]”. Any citizen of Athens was allowed into the Athenian Assembly‚ in which members may speak of anything they wish (provided they could handle and control

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    The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization is a documentary and TV series about the rises and falls of Athens. Liam Neeson narrates throughout the documentary of the civilization of ancient Greece. The filmmaker Anthony Geffen covered both the fourth and fifth centuries B.C. Actors were also used to portray historical events and people during this period. The documentary starts with the history of Athens beginning with the rule of Peisistratos whom transformed the city. He needed allies‚ in that way his

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    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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