He established an empire out of the Delian League formed to fight the Persians, and Athens lived high on the hog from the proceeds. He also brought in a radical democracy where the citizens made political decisions.
burned Athens to the ground, in 480 B.C.E, after defeating the Greeks in the Battle of Thermopylae. The Greeks eventually defeated the Persians, but the wars left Athens in ruins.
Pericles .
Pericles did make the Athens city-state to perfect. This is a generous city.
Pericles was not a democracy. Pericles was a statesman in Athens and was considered today as a general. Pericles did not make Democracy. The people of Greece did.
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I believe it is Perciles..Pericles. He persuaded Athenians to make an empire out of the anti-Persian league which it had been leading, and diverted the funds being collected for that purpose to glorify Athens put half its population on the public payroll.
He established an empire out of the Delian League formed to fight the Persians, and Athens lived high on the hog from the proceeds. He also brought in a radical democracy where the citizens made political decisions.
pericles beautifies athens by making more things than weapons with the money sparta etc.. gave them
They were paid by the city to paint, sculpt and decorate the public areas.
He had a list of things to do and just did them his own way.
Pericles used his money on gold,ect. to make statues and buildings
im sorry , did you mean what are three contributions of Greece to democracy? if so, it was Athens, (not all of Greece) who created democracy.
It was based on 180 city-states in Asia Minor and the Islands which banded together against the Persian Empire under the leadership of Athens. When the Persian threat was resolved, opportunistic Athens converted it into an empire of its own.