Architecture of the Golden Age of the Athenians
The Acropolis was the main group of buildings in Athens that looked over the city. It took 9 years to build and cost $3 billion in today's money. completed in 438 B.C. Used for political and cultural achievements. The Parthenon was one of the biggest construction projects of the ancient world. Great Greek architects were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
Questions-
1. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
2. Why did the build the Acropolis? to show political and technological advancement over other civilizations.
Military and Delian League
Tactics-Phalanx they assembled in one big unit and fought as one unit instead of individual people, but the downfall was cavalry units ran around the side and could hurt them from there. Their Naval warfare was fought with galleys and archers on the deck. Pericles was a politician and a democrat. He was also a general in their army and led them to victories in the Peloponnesian and Persian wars. Socrates was a philosopher and was born in Athens. He though Sparta was much more organized and better designed then Athens. Plato was the student of Socrates and wrote the dialogues that contain most of Socrates ideas. Aristotle was a student of Plato and taught Alexander the great all of his war tactics. Archimedes was the first person to calculate Pi. Pythagoras developed the Pythagorean theorem. The Delian League was a coalition of Greek states and Athenians and was founded in 478 B.C. Its HQ was in Delos. Their main goals were to free the Ionian Greeks from Persia and protect the Aegean Sea. They used sea power and eventually ran Persia out of the Aegean Sea. Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis were major battles in the Persian War. Thermopylae was the battle that the movie 300 was based upon.
Questions
1. who was the leader of Athens during much of the golden age?
Pericles
2. Name two famous battles of the Persian War?
Marathon and Thermopylae
Geography-
Greece borders the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea and the East Mediterranean Sea. Greeks thought the sea was a beautiful element. Gained many things/a freedom environment. The longest river in Greece is the Aliakmon. Riverbeds tend to dry up. Grew barley- barley was less demanding and more productive. Grapes were very popular in Greece because of the rocky soil. Goats and sheep were the most common animals in Greece. provided fur, milk, and meat. chicken and geese were grown and eaten. oxen were rare. Their climate was mild, and rainy winters with relatively warm and dry summers. lots of sunshine all through the year. They used the Mediterranean basin for trade routes. Farmers, Blacksmiths, Craftsmen, Doctors, Merchants, and Bankers.
Questions
1.What part of geography helped the Greeks during the battle of Salamis?
The Aegean Sea.
What were Greek's main crop and when were they planted and harvested?
Barley, grapes, and olives and it was planted in April and harvested in October.
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