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Daily Life in Athens - Outlining

Agenda. Daily Life in Athens - Outlining. Review yesterday Wars, Wars, Wars. Independent Practice Questions?. Expansion of Greece. The Persian Wars A. Darius and Xerxes 1. Darius – Persian leader who defeated Greeks in Asia Minor, but lost to Athens in the Battle of marathon.

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Daily Life in Athens - Outlining

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  1. Agenda Daily Life in Athens - Outlining • Review yesterday • Wars, Wars, Wars • Independent Practice • Questions?

  2. Expansion of Greece • The Persian Wars A. Darius and Xerxes 1. Darius – Persian leader who defeated Greeks in Asia Minor, but lost to Athens in the Battle of marathon. 2. Xerxes – Darius’ son. Led attack on Greece and defeated the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae. 3. Xerxes lost naval battle to Athens and was defeated when Athens and Sparta united.

  3. Expansion of Greece B. Results 1. Persia continued to influence Greek affairs. 2. Sparta – unable to establish Greek unity under its leadership. 3. Athens established the Delian League – an alliance of 140 city-states that helped to build Greek empire.

  4. Brain Break! • Stand up. • Pick up your things and move to a different seat – at least 10 feet from your current seat. • Sit back down.

  5. Expansion of Greece II. Pericles A. Who? 1. General, statesman, orator (public speaker) who led Greek empire from 461 to 429 B.C. 2. Served when Athens’ democracy was most complete in history. B. Accomplishments 1. Strengthened and extended Greek empire. 2. Built the Parthenon and Acropolis. 3. Established colonies of Athenian citizens. 4. Kept the Persians out of the Aegean Sea. 5. Established common system of weights and measurements throughout Greece.

  6. Expansion of Greece (cont.) III. The Peloponnesian War A. Begins in 431 BCE because Pericles could not unite Greece under Athens. B. Sparta’s stronger army invades Athens at the Attic peninsula. Athens withdraws behind walls of the city. C. Siege of Athens goes on for years without success – Athens able to bring in supplies by ship. D. Plague in Athens kills Pericles and many others. E. 27 year war – with peace/battles in between (Syracuse) F. Persians join Sparta and starves Athens – Athens surrenders in 404 BCE. G. Athens becomes inferior power in Greece. H. Sparta, then Thebes unsuccessful in attempts to unite Greece. Wars continue between city-states.

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