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Unit II
Classical Greece Review
PericlesPericles
Leader of Athens during its GOLDEN AGE.
Pericles had 3 goals
•Make Athens more democratic by having more people serve in government. Advocate for direct democracy.
•Make Athens stronger by increasing its wealth and power by building up its Navy, strongest in the Mediterranean.
•Make Athens beautiful by buying gold, ivory, and marble to creategreat of art.
Form of government where citizens make the laws
themselves.
Form of government where only a select segment of society
participates in government.
System of government where citizens choose
(elect) representatives to make laws and run the
government.
• Location – Peninsula
• Mountainous Terrain
• Lack of natural resources
• Moderate climate (outdoor activities)
• Irregular coastline (good harbors)
• Many Islands
How did Greece’s geography affect it’s countries development?
Greek Government
• Polis (City States)
What does it mean to be a Greek city-state?
- Ancient Greeks became too overcrowded on
the Greek mainland.
- They spread out to the surrounding islands and formed colonies.
- These colonies became city-states.
Military discipline
Oligarchy
Best Army in Greece
Boys trained to be warriors
Valued Physical fitness, Isolation, obeying the
rules
Women had some rights
Arts and Learning (reading, writing, poetry, public speaking)
Direct Democracy
Best Navy
Boys trained to be thinkers
Women not considered citizens
Individualism
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Both were theStrongest inGreece
polytheistic
Persian WarPersian War• Greek vs. Persians
• Greeks unify
• Greeks win
• Form Delian League (Sparta doesn’t join)
• Athens becomes dominant (Sparta becomes jealous)
• Leads to Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesian War• War divides the Greeks
• Athens used money from the Delian League to build up its navy.
• Sparta worries that Athens will try to dominate all of Greece.
• Lasted 27 years
• Athens winning but lose a large fleet off of Syracuse and the plague kills many people
• Pericles dies because of the plague
• Sparta wins and trashes Athens
• Greek power starts to decline
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