HIS1001 The ancient Athenians had used an oligarchic constitution; it was not a good era to be stricken with poverty. The aristocrats dominated the peasants‚ so much so that the peasants were dependent on them. The poor worked the fields of the rich for a portion of the harvest‚ and if the rent was not met‚ their wives and children were seized in order to pay it off. Officials were chosen based on their birthright‚ at first for life‚ then for a decade. The officials consisted of the basileus‚
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Pericles‚ and His Influence on Athens Pericles became the leader of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War and was responsible for the rebuilding and reconstructing of this city. He became very powerful and well known through out the age of the 5th century‚ so powerful that this became known as the age of Pericles. He was the son of Xanthippus and Agariste. His father‚ Xanthippus was a military leader during the Peloponnesian Wars and was the victor at the Battle of Mycale. He would later
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The Persian Wars - 499 BC to 479 BC In the 5th century BC the vast Persian Empire attempted to conquer Greece. If the Persians had succeeded‚ they would have set up local tyrants‚ called satraps‚ to rule Greece and would have crushed the first stirrings of democracy in Europe. The survival of Greek culture and political ideals depended on the ability of the small‚ disunited Greek city-states to band together and defend themselves against Persia’s overwhelming strength. The struggle‚ known
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Corinth ‚ having 31 cities attending the meeting besides a few that did not. Unanimously Sparta was given leadership of the army and the fleet under the command of King Leonidas‚ although the general defense plan was commanded by the Athenian Themistocles‚ who foresaw the battle will be determined on the seas‚ if only the pass between Central to Southern Greece was guarded. Fighting in the open land would be fatal as they lacked cavalry units and were highly outnumbered‚ 3 to 1. Thermopylae
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mid 1850’s. The relationship between organisms and the disease was first established in 1887 by Dr David Bruce. In 1897‚ Danish veterinarian Bernhard Bang isolated Brucella abortus as the agent “Bangs disease”. Maltese doctor and archeologist Sir Themistocles Zammit earned his knighthood for recognizing unpasteurized milk as the major source of the pathogen in 1905. The species of the Brucella‚ Brucella abortus‚ is the main cause of brucellosis in cattle and bison. The bacteria are shed from an animal
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Lecture Notes on Greek Civilization Greece part of the Balkan Peninsula maritime country in Southeastern Europe bounded in the north by Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Macedonia‚ in the south by the Mediterranean Sea‚ in the west by the Ionian Sea and in the east by the Aegean Sea known as the first “Western” civilization; reached the peak of its advancement in the 5th century BCE had no unified government and consisted of city states 4 Major Greek Tribes: 1. Acheans 2. Ionians 3. Dorians 4
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‘The Greek culture had ruptured upon the scene in the 5th century BC producing impressive concepts such as democracy‚ and extraordinary infrastructure such as the Parthenon’ . While ‘for close to 200 years it has been common to support the concept of democracy from which evolved from classical Athens‚ to which has shaped our understanding of the political system which we use today. ’ The involvement of the Delian League sets forth the ideas of the Athens Empire‚ which slowly advances into Athens
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freedom from all such things” (Plato‚ 329c). Cephalus then states to Socrates‚ “the real cause isn’t old age‚ but the way people live” (Plato‚ 329d). He also refutes any argument that wealth or lack thereof is to blame by comparing a situation Themistocles encountered‚ when a man from Seriphus pointed out that his high reputation was only due to his city‚ which he replied “had he been a Seriphian‚ he would not be famous; but nor would the other‚ had he been an Athenian” (Plato‚ 329e). Cephalus argues
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Meno Paper Assignment Can virtue be taught? Plato starts off the Meno with this simple question. Prior to answering this question‚ Socrates is adamant about first understanding what virtue is. Socrates and Meno go back and forth throughout the story attempting to figure out the definition of virtue. When they come to the conclusion that they do not know what virtue is‚ they attempt to prove whether virtue can be taught‚ is attainable by practice‚ or is simply possessed by nature. As Meno asks
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Family Background and status Xerxes was born a royal prince and would have had all the respect and prestige associated with his status. He was not the eldest son of King Darius I. Darius had three sons by another wife whilst he was still but a lord. For Darius to strengthen his calm to the Persian throne‚ Darius married Atossa ‚ the daughter of Cyrus the Great. Xerxes was the eldest son of this union. This made Xerxes the son of the king‚ grandson of the founder of the empire and the son with the
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