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Peloponnesian War Greek Achievements. Athenian Power. Persian Wars ended Alliances- an agreement to work together Delian League Athens and other city-states Peloponnesian League Sparta and others Growth of Athens worried the Spartans and they declared war. Peloponnesian War. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Peloponnesian WarGreek Achievements

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Athenian Power

• Persian Wars ended– Alliances- an agreement to work together

• Delian League– Athens and other city-states

• Peloponnesian League– Sparta and others

Growth of Athens worried the Spartans and they declared war

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Peloponnesian War

A war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart.

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War

• For 10 years, neither side could gain an advantage– TRUCE

• Athens started to expand again

• Sparta attacked again– 404 BC won– WAR OVER, Sparta victorious

• Sparta most powerful city-state for 30 years

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Greek Achievements• Art

• Architecture

• Writing

• Philosophy• Science

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Art

• Tried to make everything look perfect– Used stone and

marble

• Known for its realism and detail

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Architecture

• Wanted their buildings to reflect their greatness

• Parthenon– Built on Athenian acropolis in 400’s BC– Magnificent on the inside and outside

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Parthenon

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Writing

• Created new writing forms– Examples: drama, history

• Created plays as part of their religious ceremonies

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Philosophy

• Believed in the human mind to think, explain, and understand life

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Socrates

• Teacher and thinker

• Believed people should never stop looking for knowledge– Socratic Method (Ask questions)

• Was accused of questioning the authority of the gods– Was arrested and sentenced to death

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Socrates

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Plato

• Student of Socrates

• Teacher and Philosopher

• Ran the Academy– School where students, philosophers,

scientists could discuss ideas

• The Republic (book)– Ideal society- based on justice and

fairness

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Plato

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Aristotle

• Plato’s student

• Perhaps greatest Greek thinker

• People should live balanced lives– Based on reason: clear and ordered thinking

• Logic: inferences– Use facts to figure out other facts

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Aristotle

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Science• Mathematics

– Euclid• Studied and wrote geometry rules

– Lines, angles, shapes

• Medicine / Engineering– Hippocrates

• Figured our what causes diseases to treat them• Known for his ideas on how doctor’s should

behave

– Archimedes• Water screws

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Euclid

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