Relationship between Greeks and their neighbors Part 2
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A marketplace and a gathering place to discuss life and politics
What is the Agora?
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the last tyrant in Athens, kicked out in 510 BCE
What is Hippias?
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Decided the very important issues for Athens, met on hill Pynx every 10 days discussed laws proposed by council, 5,000-6,000 would show up.
What is the Citizens Assembly?
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found in northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, war like people, sometime traded but mostly fought with the Greeks, Greeks learned metalwork from them.
What is Assyria?
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Persians wanted to beat someone so they attacked a close ally of Athens. Spartans did not want Persia on the Greek mainland so they fought here. Spartan army crushed the Persians and finally the Persians left the Greek Mainland
What is the Persian Wars- Battle of Plataea
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The center of commerce or trade in Athens?
What is the Agora?
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The first person to write down laws and punishments usually ended with death.
Who is Draco?
200
Discussed day-to-day running of the city state and prepared laws for the assembly to vote on, selected by annual lottery
What is the Council of 500?
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From modern-day Iraq, fought and conquered Asia from Turkey to India, expanded west to come in contact with the Greek Islands, Greeks didn't want to give up island's; huge war.
What is Persia
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Found in the Italian northern peninsula, great builders and traders, Greeks fought, traded and acquired new building styles from them. They made weapons.
What is Etruscans?
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Up on a hill and where all government business was taken care of.
What is the Acropolis?
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Set up Council of 400 and People's court.
What is Solon?
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Citizens would vote and participate in government, vote and make laws, if you had an opinion, you would, "go tell it to the mountain"
What is Greece, direct democracy?
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Darius I wanted to attack Athens because he was mad that Athens interfered with Persian expansion, he underestimated power of Athens and their allies and they lost the battle.
What is Persian War-Battle of Marathon
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From northeast corner if Africa, great trading partner of the Greeks. Greeks acquired papyrus and mist importantly, grains to feed their people.
What is Egyptians?
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The Parthenon.
What is the Temple of Athena?
400
Got rid of debt slavery and penalties of certain crimes.
What is Solon?
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citizens had power to vote and run for office, elect people, Representatives or Senators, to represent their thoughts.
What is the U.S or Representative democracy?
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Xerxes (Darius' son) hated Athens too and wanted to attack and beat them. They met with Athens and allies (Sparta) at small mountain pass in Thermopylae. Too many Persians for Greeks to win. King Leonidas of Sparta told Athens and the others to flee while he and 300 other soldiers stayed and fought and eventually lost. Xerxes went to Athens to destroy and burn it cut there was no people there.
What is the Persian Wars-Battle at Thermopylae
400
From east coast of the Mediterranean, present day Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Excellent shipbuilders, sailors and traders of the Mediterranean. Greeks used them as trade partners and got purple dye from them.
What is Phoenicians?
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Where religious ceremonies would occur.
What is the Acropolis?
500
Redistributed the population set up in Athens and created the Council of 500.
What is Cleisthenes?
500
Small towns in U.S use Direct Democracy.
What is town meetings?
500
Xerxes wanted to finish off Athens and heard they were now weak and attacked them in and by waters of an island, big mistake. Athenian navy tricked the Persians and crushed them at sea making this battle one of the greatest naval victories in history.