1 The Persian War led to the Gold Age in Greek. Persia tried to invade Greek in 490 BC and 480 BC for twice, both of which were ended with the victory of Greek. Greece's victory ensured the independence and security of the Greek city-states, so that Greece continued to dominate the eastern Mediterranean for centuries, which is known as Gold Age. (Section 2.3) 2 As the culture center of Greek, Athens had many advantages during the Gold Age. First of all, the economy was very strong in Athens. Athens is located in the gulf, and the transportation was very convenient, so development in industry and commerce increased rapidly. What’s more, Democracy was rising in Athens. “In 508 BCE, the Athenian aristocrat Cleisthenes instituted the first Athenian political democracy.” As the Greek playwright, Euripides wrote in his play that,“ Nothing is worse for a city than a tyrant.” (Section 2.2The Rise of Democracy and the Threat of Persia) Cleisthenes knew that, so he gave every …show more content…
They were good at rhetorical persuasion. People were willing to listen to them and then believed in what they said. In spite of being metics, their status in the society and influence of the public were enormous. 3 1. Architectural achievement. The Parthenon, Temple of Athena Nike, and the Erechtheion are located in Athens. All of them were built with extraordinary talents and skills. 2. Philosophy achievement. “The great Athenian philosopher Socrates, born in 469 BCE, a decade after the Greek defeat of the Persians.” He was not for the democracy. Even though he was about to be killed, he refused to admit he was wrong. His death claimed the experiment of democracy was a failure. Also, Protagoras, who said he didn’t know if gods exist or not. Many Sophists were in Greek at that time. 3. Republic and Idealism of Plato. He was against individualistic and self-aggrandizing world of Sophists, and also
Pericles argues that Athens has become a model for others, and articulates what it is to be a good citizen. This can be seen when he says, “although the eyes of an enemy may occasionally profit by our liberality; trusting less in system and policy than to the native spirit of our citizens; while in education, where our rivals from their very cradles by a painful discipline seek after manliness, at Athens we live exactly as we please, and yet are just as ready to encounter every legitimate danger.” (Thucydides, 2.39) It proves that Ancient Athens’ valued greatness and worked in order to achieve the excellence of the state, by focusing on rebuilding themselves back up after the Persian war. Pericles played a big role in this because he showed his ambitions to rebuild Athens, which lead to the thriving of other subjects such as literature, philosophy, science, art, and religion.
World History Paper BY:SABASTION FOSTER Rome, Greece, and England all had a big part in helping the development of democracy. Rome and Greece had the biggest influence on U.S democracy, But Greece had the biggest influence in democracy by just having the idea of demokratia “rule by the people.” Greece was the biggest influence on democracy by staring the idea of demokratia “rule of people” in 507 B.C. and had the first manarchy that was almost the president back then. They splitted up into three institutions which was Ekklesia, who wrought laws, Boule were representative and dikasteria court.
Why did the Greeks defeat the Persians in the Persian wars? The Persian Wars were a sequence of fights between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and Greek city-states which began in 499 BCE and ended in 449 BCE. The fight between the small governmental land of the Greeks and the huge empire of the Persians began when Cyrus the Great defeated and conquered the Greek-inhabited territory of Ionia in 547 BCE. At that time,Persia was a huge empire, led by a strong king and was controlled by an organized society.
• Athens had a more intellectual leadership. • Pericles had huge influence in Athens. • Greece then began to weaken and Philip II had to take over. • Then it declined but some of the culture stays in Rome.
The Classical Period in Ancient Greek history began in 500 BC, when the Greeks first came into conflict with the Persians, and ended in 323 BC, with the death of Alexander the Great. Ancient Greece was made out of many city states all separated by mountainous terrain that made it difficult to travel; therefore each city-state developed independently. One of the most influential city-states was Athens. During this period, Athens was able to transform itself into a successful empire that had a well-developed system of government and a flourishing of the arts. Athens was very successful in Ancient Greece because of its’ democracy, the rapid development of the arts, and strong alliances with other city-states.
Throughout history there have been many civilizations that had experienced a Golden Age. A Golden age was a period of time where there was advancement in education and where there was prosperity and peace. Both environment have experienced both positive and negative impact upon society. Two civilization that have experienced the Golden Age was Greece and Rome. Throughout history Greeks have had many achievements for example a Greek achievement is the Olympic.
Athens had a lot going for it that made it great, even legendary. It’s no wonder that kids today learn about Athens and Sparta in history class. Because of the government, education system, and cultural achievements, Athens will reign superior to
Artemis: Technologies Artemis the greek goddess had very many cities that were dedicated to her, especially the cities Thespiae and Athens. The cities had plenty of technologies and advances in their time period. Athens was a big fancy art city along with many other things that they did. Athens gave military support to Sparta (a big greek city-state obsessed with war) carrying wood and making tools such as spears, thin bladed swords, slingshots etc. Athens also created the alarm clock, of course back then they were nothing like they were today but were still were very valuable and were used by many Athenian communities.
Throughout human history there has been the rise and the fall of every civilization; Greek democracy couldn’t be an exception. Solon was the first who attempted to reform the political scene; he put an end to debt slavery and allowed non-aristocratic Athenians having a word in the political life. His successor Cleisthenes, went a step further, he actually mixed the population in order to avoid any possible sabotage by the leading factions and gave power to demos. The term isonomia finally led to democracy. What marked the end of democracy were the Peloponnesian Wars.
What is a good person, and how does one achieve the good life? These were the questions asked by the ancient Greeks. Arete, or excellence, was what the Greeks strove for in everything. In a quest for excellence, the Greeks experimented with new types of politics. Greece was divided into individual city-states that each had their own form of government.
Undoubtedly it helped the citizens of Athens to broaden their minds, their cultural awareness and, what was probably most important, to develop
My own service to country in the Navy during Desert Storm aside, being the son of a father who was born on Veternas Day and growing up on army bases under the guidance of a father who went to military school for most of his youth, only begins to explain why I feel so strongly about liberty. When you combine his obvious love of country with the fact that he voluteered for two tours in Vietnam, became a highly decorated Green Beret who won the Silver Star and a Purple Heart for saving the lives of three soldiers during the Tet Offensive in 1968, not to mention the Presidential Commodation he was awarded by Ronald Reagan for the two years he spent with the CIA in Central America, then maybe you will have a pretty good idea of how I was raised, and why I gave up my
First of all, I will explain how the city grew and decline. Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world. It was founded when the king Theseus united many area of Attica into one state. Many decades later, the first democracy began to organize. In its Golden age, the fields of arts, philosophy and drama developed significantly.
Historians often credit Cleisthenes as the father of democracy, because of his devotion to a union ran by the people. Cleisthenes belonged to the Alcmaeonid Family, a powerful family at the time, with a leading role in Athenian public life. Cleisthenes was a key player in the way democracy is shaped in the west today. He saw the influence of tyranny, economically, yet his attention remained on the public rights of the people. He believed that the people should earn their wealth and respect rather than being born into it.
Greek Civilization Name of Author Name of Institution Greek Civilization The Greek archaic period, according to Lloyd, (c. 800- 479 BCE) started from what can only be termed indistinctness, and ended with the Persians being evicted from Greece for good after the battles of Plataea and Mykale in 479 BCE (2012). This period is then preceded by the Greek Dark Age (c.1100- 750 BCE), which is then followed by the Classical Period (c. 510- 323 BCE), with a documented period of Greek history, with misfortunes, amusements, antiquities, lawful cases and more surviving in the form of mythical and epigraphic sources. These periods gradually resulted in civilization of Greece as there were many evolutions and developments.