Historical Question: Who was Pericles and why is he important to Greece? Author: Mrs. Lori Miller Class/Grade Level: Social Studies/6th grade CT Standards: SS6S2C2PO7— Describe the development of the following types of government and citizenship in ancient Greece and Rome • democracy • republics/ empires SS6S3C4PO3— Describe the importance of citizens being actively involved in the democratic process. (e.g.‚ voting‚ student government‚ involvement in political decision making‚ analyzing
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What Is Grand Strategy?* by John Lewis Gaddis** Yale University When my colleagues Paul Kennedy‚ Charlie Hill‚ and I first began talking about setting up a grand strategy course at Yale in the late 1990s‚ at least half the people to whom we tried to explain this thought we were talking about “grant” strategy: how do you get the next federal or foundation grant? This misunderstanding would not have occurred‚ I think‚ during the fifty years of insecurity that separated the Japanese attack on Pearl
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300 hoplites (Xenophon) and the King would receive rewards in the form of booty collected from victories. Nevertheless If they didn’t perform their duty in the field of battle well the Ephors could fine or exile a king if his actions warranted it (Thucydides) Religion also played a main part of everyday Spartan life
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Everything changes‚ it is just a matter of when. The Ancient Olympic Games were believed to have started in the Greek city-state of Olympia in 776 B.C. The Games were held every four years‚ just like the modern Olympics. During the Ancient Games‚ only men could compete‚ however boys were also allowed to compete in a Junior Olympics. Though if these boys could compete with the men they would. Although men were the only ones allowed to compete‚ there was a loophole for women. The wealthy could pay
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Chapter 1 – East and West In Chapter 1‚ the author assesses the unique and eternal achievements of 5th century BCE Athenian culture. She introduces several basic dichotomies that define her understanding of the writers and events of the period in the later chapters. One of the basic themes of the book is that the thought and the art of classical Athens is full of meaning for people of later generations. It is the full of meaning for nations‚ cultures and societies beset by broad-scale and profound
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Assignment: Analyzing Seminal Texts Prewrite (25 points) Instructions: Use this organizer to plan an essay comparing Abraham Lincoln’s "Address Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg" to "Pericles’s Funeral Oration" by Thucydides. Purpose (Why are you writing the essay?) I am writing this essay to point out/ discover the differences and similarities of Lincolns Gettysburg Address and Pericles Funeral Oration. Audience (Who will read it and from whose point of view?) The audience
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Spartan state used iron bars as a form of currency‚ as Plutarch tells us‚ leaves the perioeci to use gold and silver to trade. Thus‚ the perioeci also held at least some wealth. There is also evidence that they served as light infantry in the armies - Thucydides tells us of 5000 Spartiates and 5000 perioeci hoplites that fought at Plataea in 479 BE. Agriculture in Sparta was the main field of the helots. Plutarch describes them as the local inhabitants of Laconia and Messenia‚ owned by the Spartan State
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proposals was the instigation of a confrontation between Pericles and the people; this event‚ indeed‚ would come about a few years later. At that time‚ the Athenians unhesitatingly followed Pericles’ instructions. In the first legendary oration Thucydides puts in his mouth‚ Pericles advised the Athenians not to yield to their opponents’ demands‚ since they were militarily stronger. Pericles was not prepared to make unilateral concessions‚ believing that "if Athens conceded on that issue‚ then Sparta
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very much to their advantage. Nevertheless‚ Alcibiades fell out of Sparta’s good graces after the retirement of his ally Endius. After a near-death experience in Sparta as well‚ Alcibiades fled to Persia and began making policy suggestions to Thucydides regarding the Persian court. However‚ Alcibiades secretly longed to return to Athens so he negotiated with the Athenian leaders for a long time and eventually returned‚ bringing Persian money and warships with
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There are a multitude of techniques used by poets to make their poetry both pithy and complex. Due to the limitations of certain poetic forms‚ poets may be forced to use the devices of meter and blunt diction to accurately express their sentiments. Some poets may choose to use allusions to relate a number of scenarios to a certain theme‚ utilizing the historical context of these scenarios as further material for interpretation. Other poets may choose to the opposite approach to economy‚ intentionally
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