9/6/12

I was in Tennessee this week but I am catching up on missed work.

DORIAN PERIOD

Change:

Moved towards new culture
Government moved to city state from tribal

gov.'

polis was made up of city and its surrounding countryside
acropolis was a meeting when they all came together
not all city states had the same type of government

Monarchy

ruled by a king
rule is hereditary
divine right-told by god it was there job to rule
Mycenae used it

Aristocracy

ruled by nobility
rule is hereditary
social staus ad wealth support fulers authority
athens used it

Oligarchy

ruled by small group of citizens
rule based on wealth
controlled military
sparta used it

Direct Democracy

ruled by citizens
rule is based on citizenship
majority rule decides vote
athens

Athens

democracy
mojor reforms
100 years to make transitions

Key Player

Draco
- developed legal code vased on the idea that all athenians were equal
- harsh an punishments
- believed in debt slavery
Solon
- stated that no citizen hould own another
- organised athens into four social classes based on wealth
- top 3 classes held political office
- all 4 could parcipate in Athenian assembly
Cleisthenes
- broke athens up baded on region that the citizens lived instead of wealth
- let all citizens to submit laws
- created council of five hundred
Democracy
- alllowed linited democracy
- requirement
  - free
  - adult
  - property owner
  - born in athens
SPARTA
- lovated in the souhern part of greece
- gov
  - several branches
  - counsil of elders
  - assembly
  - citizens
  - 2 kings ruled over military

PERSIAN WAR

- new tech.
  - only rich people can fight
  - wepons and armor was expensive
  - Iron replaced bronze and allowed poor people to fight cause its cheaper
  - phalanx
    - spear in one hand, shield in other
- Start of persian war
  - between greece and persian empire
  - ionian greeks revolted
  - athens sold troops
  - defeted by dariius the Great
    - he was mad.
  - vowed to destroy athens
- War Cont.
  - 10000 athens v 25000 persians
    - persian fled
    - more persians were killed
    - major athens victory
- Why so major?
  - athenians used new fighting technique
  - persians were not well trained in the terrian
  - persian didnt have good armor
  - athenians were fighting on there homeland
- Battle of Marathon
  - athenians won
  - alot of em dies
  - pheidippides was a runner he ren 26 miles from marathon to athens
  - marathon
  - persian tried to attack again but then they fled
- Ten years later..
  - Xerxes, Darius the Greats son
  - he wanted to destroy athens like his dad
  - Greek issues
    - some thought they should fight
    - some thought they should allow them to purn it
    - some fought for persian
  - Battle of Thermopylae
    - fought at narrow moutnain pass
    - greeks and spartans stood in the way of xerxes
    - xerxes underestimated to greeks
    - 300
      - a traitor went to xerxes and informed him of a secret path around them
      - fearing defeat the spartans fought the persians s o that the greeks could flee to fight another day
      - all 300 spartans were killed
      - including king leonidas
  - the sacrifice made a great impresion on the greeks
  - they went and fought the persians again
  - showed xerxes what he was really up agianst
- Battle of Salamis
  - greeks abandonded athens
  - fighting by the sea was there best chance
  - they fought by a island
  - xerxes watch as 1/3 of his ships were sunk
  - xerxes was assasignated cause he failed.
- Lasting effects
  - Delian Leage was created
  - Athenians as the head of the league and moved the headquarters to athens
  - gave them alot of power

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