Persian War
What were the four Persian Wars?
Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea.
At what age did you start training for the army in Sparta? At what age did you start training for the army in Athens?
In Sparta you had to be 7 years old and in Athens you had to be 20.
When was the Golden Age?
460-429 BCE
When did democracy start in Athens?
In 500-400 BCE
Why did Athens create the Delian League?
To protect other city-states from any future attacks from the Persians.
What happened in the Battle Of Marathon?
Darius gets mad at Athens for helping he Ionian Rebellion. Persians tried to attack Athens by going through Marathon but couldn’t attack Athens because they have a really strong navy.
In Athens was trade discouraged or encouraged? In Sparta was trade encouraged or discouraged?
In Athens trade was encouraged and in Sparta trade was discouraged.
Who "Started" the Golden Age?
Pericles
What did the Council Of 500 do?
They created bills and were in charge of running the city-state.
How did Athens abuse their money from the Delian League?
Since the city was burned down from the Persians they started to rebuild their city using the money from the Delian League.
What happened in the Battle Of Thermopylae?
Xerxes wanted revenge for Ionian Revolt and Marathon. The Greeks block a narrow path at Thermopylae which limits Persia's numerical advantage. Xerxes finds a mountain and tries to corner Athens. Athens finds out and most of the Greeks retreat but 1,300 soldiers stay.
In which city-state could a slave buy it's freedom?
Athens
What were Pericles three main goals?
Strengthen the military to protect Athens, Make Athens more beautiful and Strengthen democracy.
What happened in the Citizen's Assembly?
There were about 5,000 people who discussed if the bills should become laws and decisions were reached by debate.
What happened in the Corfu and Corinth conflict?
Corinth is a colony of Corfu and that want independence but Corfu doesn't let them. Corinth ask Athens for help and then Corinth finds out and asks Sparta for help. Corfu lets Sparta fight for them and Corinth lets Athens fight for them. Sparta doesn't fight because they don't want to fight on war and Athens wants to get more ships.
What happened in the Battle of Salamis?
An oracle tells Themistocles that the only thing that would protect Athens are the wooden walls. He thinks this means ships. They go to the island of Salamis. The Persians come and burn the Acropolis. A greek scout ship leads the Persian fleet to the Athenian fleet and Athens wins.
In which city-state did women have the most rights?
What did Pericles built to protect Athens from future Persian invasion?
He built the long walls.
What did the Strategoi do?
They enforced new laws and policies.
What happened in the first siege of Athens?
Sparta goes to attack Athens and burns all of their farm land. But because of the long walls everyone is safe. Athens can still trade because of Piraues. Since the farmers don't have houses they are living on the streets which causes leakage. A disease spreads and in nine months 80,000 people died including Pericles. Since Pericles died it was the end of the golden age.
What happened in the Battle of Plataea?
Persia attacks Athens ally Plataea to try to draw Athens into battle. This was a big mistake because the Spartan army was there waiting for them. They fought in a narrow path and the Greek forces were able to defeat the Persian Empire.
Boys and girls participated in festivals in what city state?
Sparta
What did Pericles rebuild using the Delian League money?
The Parthenon.
In a democracy would did you have to be to be a citizen?
You had to be over 18, male, born in Athens, father born in Athens and mother's father born in Athens.
What happened in the Treaty of Nicias?
Athens and Sparta made a treaty and said they wouldn't fight each other.