Monday- Greece power point
Ionian Revolt - 499-493 BC
The Ionians ( Greeks) led a revolt against the Persians after Cyrus the Great died
The Ionian Revolt was led by Athenian General Miltiades
Ionia asked Athens to help them which they did
Darius quickly suppresses the Ionian Revolt but is very angry at the greeks
Miltiades escapes back to Athens and tells the Athenian that are coming to burn athens
This sets up the beginning of the Great Persian War
Persia was the largest empire in the world at the time and consisted of millions of people
Ancient Greece was about 500,000
Athens and Sparta had been fighting for years
They now fought not Athens or for Sparta but for Greece
Battle of Marathon - 490 BC
Dead Persians- 6,4000
Dead Athenians- 192
The Phalanx
The Persians were lightly armored and not prepared
After the battle ended, he ran from Marathon to Athens to tell the Athenians of the victory over Persia
Battle of Thermopylae- 480 BC
Ten years after the Battle of Marathon, Persia once again invaded Greece
Darius the Great’s son,Xerxes, made it a goal to destroy Athens
The Persians won the Battle of Thermopylae but not before the Spartan soldiers held out for days allowing many Greek troops to retreat
The movie 300 is based on this battle
Battle of Salamis
At the vavel battle of Salamis, the greeks destroyed the persian navy
The Persians were never the same after that and were eventually driven out of Greece
The Golden Age of Athens
477-431 BC
Came about after Greece defeated the Persians
Drama,Sculpture, poetry
Also known as the Age of Pericles
Three goals
1st- Stronger Democracy- Increased the number of paid government jobs which benefitted people who were not wealthy
Direct democracy
Citizens rule directly and not through elected representatives
Tuesday- power point
2nd- Strengthen the Empire
Helped establish and eventually led the Delian League after the Persian Wars
Alliance of Greek city-states
Grew Athens navy
Started dominating other city-states which led to conflicts
3rd- Glorify Athens
Used money from the delian League to buy gold, marble and ivory
Used money from the Delian League to hire artists,architects, and workers to build buildings and sculptures
Phidias was hired to build the Parthenon
Greek sculptors focused on beauty, not realism
Greek Drama - Tragedy and Comedy
A tragedy was a serious drama about common themes such as love, hate, war or betrayal
The hero usually was an important person and often gifted with extraordinary abilities
A tragic flaw usually caused the hero’s downfall
A comedy contained scenes filled with humor
Playwrights often made fun of politics and respected people and ideas of the time
The Start of the Greatest Subject in Recorded History
History
Herodotus pioneered the accurate reporting of events
Thucydides believed that certain types of events
Peloponnesian War 431 - 404 BC
Fought between Athens and Sparta
Came about as a result of Sparta not liking Athens growth of wealth and power
Alexander’s Empire
Took over for his father,Philip, in 336 BC
Philip was assassinated at his daughter’s wedding by a former bodyguard(Pausanias)
Ruled Greece and its empire for only 13 years
Due to his great accomplishments, became known as Alexander the Great
Died from high fever
King Philip 11 of Macedon (Alexander the Great’s father) 382 - 336
Goal was to take over all of Greece and then to get revenge by taking over the Persian Empire
Became King of Macedon in 359 BC
Macedonians
Lived in mountainous villages, not city-states
Macedonians considered themselves to be greek but were looked down upon by the big city-states
Wednesday- Alexandra the Great Video
Thursday- Greece powerpoint
Rise of Philosophers
A philosophers who tries to explain the nature of life
After losing to Sparta in the Peloponnesian war people in Athens turned to philosopher for answers
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Socrates 470 - 399 BC
Socrates was a philosopher of Ancient Greece
Socrates taught by asking questions
This method of questioning is called Socratic method
Put on trial and found guilty for “corrupting the youth of Athens”
Put to death - Hemlock
“There in only one good,knowledge, and one evil, ignorance”
Plato 427 - 347 BC
Plato was a student of Socrates
He started a school called the Academy that lasted 900 years
Wrote the The Republic
The book talked about a perfectly governed society - not a democracy
The person with the greatest intellect from ruling class would be chosen king
Aristotle 384 - 322 BC
Aristotle was a student of Plato
He wrote about science, art, law, poetry, government, etc.
Taught Alexander the Great
Friday - Reviewed for Monday and Tuesday Tests
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