Ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece

• Sparta

• Athens

• Greek
• Philosophers

• Persian Wars

• Peloponnesian
• War

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Athens

• Had slow rise to power
• Solon helped to sustain Athens
• Developed a sophisticated democratic system
• Used the method of ostracization
• Tension with the oligarchic Sparta

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Greek Philosophers

• Socrates founded the Socratic dialogue
• Plato studied under Socrates
• Aristotle taught Alexander the Great
• Hesiod wrote Works and Days
• Homer wrote Iliad and Odyssey

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Sparta

• A militaristic and oligarchic society
• Age seven boys join military
• Dominant military power of Greece
• Money and food are dangerous
• Disagree with Athens democratic government

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Persian Wars

• Tension between Greece and Persia
• Movement of Persia into Greece
• 490 B.C. Persia launches invasion
• Persia is defeated by 480
• Athens emerges as major victor

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Peloponnesian War

• Clash between Athens and Sparta
• The Dellian League falls apart
• War begins in 431 B.C.
• No clear winner of war
• Agree on treaty in 401