Athens

The Classical Period of Athens is referred to as the Golden Age because of the quality and quantity of art and literature that was produced. Pericles encouraged tradesmen, craftsman and artists to create large, beautiful monuments throughout Athens.

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One could argue two different choices: Thucydides or Herodotus. Both men were Greek historians in ancient Greece.

Sparta did not initiate the Persian Wars. Sparta was very conservative about wars, relying on its reputation to avoid wars. It had problems in keeping down a restive serf population and didn't need extra problems if they could be avoided.

The Persian Wars began when the Greek cities of Asia Minor revolted against Persian rulership. Athens and Eretria intervened, and after the rebellion was put down, Persia turned on Eretria and Athens in mainland Greece, for helping the rebellious cities. This attempt failed at the Battle of Marathon and Persia decided that the only way to keep the peace was to bring all the Greek cities into its empire, where it could control them.

Persia bribed some of these cities into compliance, then invaded to subject the rest. A consortium of Greek city-states combined to oppose this invasion, including Sparta and Athens.

Athens was evacuated without a fight in 480 BCE as the Persians advanced. A small foce of diehards on the Acropolis was captures, the remainder fought alongside the other southern Greek forces in the navy and army.

They reoccupied their city after the Persian defeat in 479 BCE and rebuilt the destroyed and looted parts. They also built better walls to defend the city and its port, which came in good stead not against Persians but rather the other Greek cities in the Peloponnesian War fifty years later.

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Both were strictly ruled - Sparta was a limited democracy, Athens for a time became a radical democracy. Spartan citizens devoted their time to military training as they had a serf population to support them, Athenians did part-time military training only as they had to earn a living.

Yes, he proved himself in the field leading Athenian forces in several battles. He was also a good strategist who, at the beginning of the 27 year war withe the Peloponnesian alliance laid down rules that Athens would defend thir city walls and harrass the opposition with its fleey from this secure base.

This worked for a few years until Pericles died. His successors deviated from this policy into adventurous actions and eventually lost the war. We don't know if Pericles would have been more succssful had he lived.

what ended the greek's golden age was the pellopenesian war. wich caused diseases.

In order to vote in Ancient Greece ALL of the following had to be true: 1. You had to be Male 2. Both of your parents had to be Greek Citizens 3. You had to be a landowner 4. You had to be an adult. Therefore the following people could not vote: children, women, slaves, and landless men. In reality very few citizens could actually vote in Ancient Greece.

Six duties of an American citizen are: Obeying Laws, Paying Taxes, Jury Duty, Serve as a Witness, Register for the Draft, and Voting.

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The Greeks wrote on stone.

In 507 BCE Athens was converted into a limited democracy by Cleisthenes after expelling their tyrant. During the Persian invasion of 480-479 the aristocrats re-took control to lead the war effort and didn't let go afterwards. In 460 BCE Ephialtes restored democracy but was assassinated for this. His deputy Pericles took over and, after arranging the expulsion of conservative leader Thucydides son of Melesias in 442 BCE, converted the political situation into a direct democracy where the assembly of the citizens ruled.

The Agora in Athens was important because it was the center of Athenian democracy. It was a gathering place for the lawmakers and citizens. The architecture of the Agora is also significant. It also had many different kinds of Greek foods.

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He extended a limited democracy to include all male citizens without property distinctions, and used the funds collected from the empire to beautify Athens with the buildings on the Acropolis and elsewhere, and put a third of the population on the public payroll. He established a defensive policy of maintaining the walls of the city and port combined with a superior naval fleet as a guarantee of both security and being able to dominate the other Greek cities. The fleet also enabled collection of the tribute from the Athenian empire, which provided the funds for both fleet and Athenian prosperity.

He had his chief political opponent Thucydides exiled, and so became unchallenged First Citizen. This plus the military superiority of Athens led him to adventurism which resulted in war with Sparta and its allies. His early death left the progress of the war in less competent hands, resulting in Athens' defeat and loss of its empire.

Pericles accomplished his three main goals: beautification, protection, and democracy.

He built the Parthenon which is a high building for Athenians to hide in times of ancient war. Pericles also made Athens known for their arts and literature as well as being the leader of the democrats for many years. No one wanted a different leader so he kept running for that position.

At 18 years they appeared before the assembly of their tribe to prove their descent. If successful, they were accepted as citizens.

Kept in the home in virtual purdah. They ran the home and domestic slaves, bore and raised chidren.

They imagined that the male citizens meeting in fortnightly assembly to direct how the city-state was run would empower them and deliver good rulership and just administration. It worked for a few years until the smart ones worked out how to twist things to their own advantage, resulting in their getting into a 27-year war which they lost.

If democracy is what you mean, it is a form of government. The United States, for example, is a democracy. A democracy is the belief that the the government is run by "the people". In order for a nation to be considered a democracy, it must have a voting system.

The fundamental distinction between Ancient Athenian democracy and US democracy is that the Ancient Athenians had a direct democracy in which all persons entitled to vote would vote on all issues and the US has an indirect democracy in which all persons entitled to vote will vote for representatives who will then vote on all issues.

However, there are other differences. Ancient Athenian democracy was limited in several ways. The first were limits on suffrage. Only ethnic Athenian males who owned property were allowed to vote. This was less than 10% of the population of Athens. There were also limits on who could be the leaders of the state, restricting that to several noble families. Conversely, in the US, because of amendments to the Constitution any person above the age of eighteen years is entitled to vote and any person who follows the requisite conditions (which are conditions for which any citizen could qualify) can achieve any office in the country (excepting the Presidency which requires a US birth).

The citizens (adult males) met in assembly fortnightly and discussed and voted on laws and the conduct of the state, the council carried out the directions of the assembly between meetings. In that way, they were the government.

An indirect democracy is where people elect representatives to a parliament, and the parliament makes the decisions, which are not necessarily what the people wanted.

A direct democracy was possible with a city-state where the citizens lived close enough to attend the assemblies. Elected representative democracy is unavoidable where the distance preclude this, however fast-growing communications efficiency will offer the ability to install direct democracy, however this will be strongly resisted by today's politicians who will not want to give up perks and power, just as it was resisted in ancient Greece.