fewer people than Persia. The Persians took their farm land and forced the Ionians to pay the Persians a tax and serve in the Persian army. The Greeks there were encouraged to rebel by the Greeks and Athens. In the 490’s B.C.E‚ Darius who was the son of Cyrus the great‚ decided to invade the Athens as a punishment for the rebellion that they caused in Ionia. However‚ they lost at the battle of Marathon. Xerxes the son of Darius decides that he wants to now take revenge on the Greeks after their loss
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civilization was a very fascinating and captivating period in the history filled by legendary wars‚ Gods and beings with super natural strength ‚ who would forget the Trojan wars even now many examples and references are taken from their way of life. Athens and Sparta were two renowned city states in Greek civilization I will try and answer the questions and go a little deeper in the life’s and living style of the people in these two cities to understand how each group obtained their right to participate in
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Because of the recent movie‚ 300‚ most people are aware of the epic battle that occurred at Thermopylai were 300 odd Spartans supposedly held off an army of over one million led by Xerxes I. Now‚ there were many errors in the movie (the number of men on both sides being the chiefest of them). But it still leaves many people asking how a force so drastically outnumbered was able to hold a force nearly twenty times their number. The answer lies in the difference in their equipment‚ tactics and their
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When one speaks of a mighty nation‚ one of the first names that comes to mind is the Grecian city-state of Sparta. The great Spartan state prospered for many centuries using their cutting-edge‚ albeit small‚ militia‚ and created one of the fiercest and most feared empires on the Grecian sub-continent; but‚ did the Spartan education system’s strengths necessarily outweigh its weaknesses? The Educations’ strengths definitely outweighed its weaknesses‚ because of their obedience and coordination between
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THE ANCIENT GREEKS NAME ___Harrison Funk_________________________________ To complete this worksheet use the information found on the following website: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html GREEK INTRO 1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of ancient Greece? 500 B.C. 2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables? Homer 3. Who was a Greek mathematician? Pythrogras 4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece? We oew everything to ancient Greece. GREEK CITY-STATES
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conclusion of the Persian Wars (492-479BC) with Athens being the true victor‚ and before the Peloponnesian War‚ a period of prosperity covered Athens‚ and they needed to devise new ways to protect themselves and expand their wealth‚ and how this would affect their relations with allies. ’The Athenians and their Allies’ was an organisation led by the Athenians in the 5th century‚ but is now referred to as the ’Delian League’ or the ’Confederacy of Athens.’ The official aim of the League was‚ according
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Greek people‚ especially those of the city state of Athens‚ would often conflate monarchy with tyranny. The Athenians were subjected to the invasions of Darius and Xerxes of Persia‚ so it would make sense that they would hold animosity against these tyrants and their type of rule. Athens did have a monarchy at one point in history‚ however‚ before the democracy that they were so famous for. This monarchy was short lived‚ however‚ and soon after Athens was developed it evolved into an oligarchy. (Athenian
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characteristics. Things have changed from ancient Sparta where parents would be enthusiastic about their children going to war‚ and even more elated upon learning that they died valiantly in battle. These days‚ most parents are a little more reserved when it comes to their children going to war‚ but the same support and values are still present; the desire for their children to fight with the utmost honor‚ and if necessary‚ die valiantly. In ancient Sparta‚ young boys were taken away from their mothers
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one of them. The Greek army consisted of the 300 spartan warriors who were highly trained throughout their whole childhood. In the battle they‚ Greece combined with other Greek states to ultimately hold off the persian army to save their city of (sparta). Onced they combined it gave the greek army around 7‚000 men to hold off the persian fleet. On the other hand‚ the
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"I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and deep convictions regarding certain of the basic international issues today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens." George C. Marshall. The Peloponnesian War that took place from 431 B.C. to 404 B.C.‚ as George C. Marshall said‚ is one of the most important wars in the last 2‚500 years of history. The war changed the expansion of democracy for the rest of history and forced
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