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Persian Wars (Greece/Athenian Expansion) Peloponnesian Wars Results of Pelopnnesian War Philosophy Macedonian conquest
 * Greeks established colonies on Persian land
 * One colony fought back and was backed by the athenian navy
 * The Spartans invented the Hoplite
 * Citizen Soldier & Phalanx- Group of soldiers with spears and shields in a square formation
 * Greeks hid in a small bay and destroyed the Persian Navy
 * These military success' made Athenians establish themselves in athens
 * This divided the greeks and destroyed their unity
 * Then the Athenians used the funds for the Delian Legue to kill some Greeks that dont listen to them
 * Golden Age of Athens: 477-431 B.C.E. Pericles Leader of Athens:Navy/Empire beautify Athens
 * Athens- strong navy aquatic
 * Sparta- Strong army land-based
 * People live on land so Sparta can conquer it 404 B.C. Sparta wins
 * Sparta did not want to expand so once Sparta leads greece there is decline/problems
 * Also before Spartan conquest there was a school for philosiphors: Sophists
 * Focusing on humans, not nature
 * They conclude that the only thing important is what the individual wants
 * Thrasymachus- says that Might is right, which promotes war/problems
 * Socrates- Came and said that people know nothing but said people should look for TRUTH
 * Platoh- Thought about ideas- thought that people have similair general ideas
 * Aristotle-Modern Sciences- How things are made
 * Began with PHillip II begins with conquering Greece
 * His son Alex conquers egypt,Persian, india
 * Resulting in spreading Hellenistic Learning and art (hellenistic=Greek-ish)


 * **Persia expanded to Greece**
 * **Ionians**
 * **Athens sends ships to help Ionians**
 * **Persia CRUSHES and moves into Greece**
 * **Mad at Athens for helping**
 * **Is going to invade Athens**
 * **First battle**
 * **Athens win**
 * **Second battle**
 * **Defends AGAIN**
 * **Persians go home and wait 10 years**
 * **Xercies marches and has TONS of people**
 * **Athens holds them off again!!!**
 * **Delian League**
 * **City state join together to become stronger**
 * **Then Sparta gets mad that “someone” gets “something” so attacks people**
 * **People get mad if the dodn’t get something so they attack eachother**
 * **Macedonia**
 * **More powerful the more Greece is willing to trade with them**
 * **King Phillip**
 * **Unite local villages**
 * **Unites a strong military**
 * **Infantry**
 * **Landowner**
 * **Cavelry**
 * **People on horses bopping peeps on the head**
 * **Attacks small city states**
 * **Takes over Greece**
 * **Then King Phillip is assassinated**
 * **ALEXANDER THE GREAT takes over**
 * **Takes over every body**
 * **Syria**
 * **Palestine**
 * **Mesopotamia**
 * **Persia**
 * **Egypt**
 * **Then takes over India**
 * **India has elephant Calvary**
 * **13 year campaign**
 * **People say to stop taking over and celebrate and relax**
 * **On the way back ALEXANDER THE GREAT gets sick and die**
 * **Kingdom spread way to thin**
 * **700 cities/ towns named after Alexander the great**

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Greek Philosophy ·  Many Athenians lost faith in gov. after Peloponnesian war o  Questioned government ·  Great thinkers o  Determined to seek the truth regardless of where it takes them o  Called philosophers §  Lovers of wisdom o  Based ideas on questions §  Universal truths §  Tried to come up w/ unchanging laws ·  Socrates o  Standard to find truth and justice, and standards exist o  Encouraged Greeks to question themselves and their moral character to find these truths o  “ the unexamined life is not worth living” o  Great teacher o  Didn’t leave anything behind o   399: Greeks say he’s bad news because he is questioning the government and religion and all around culture. §  Bring him to trial for corrupting the youth of Athens ·  Defense: says his teachings were good because it forced people to think about themselves and why they do things. o  Jury disagrees and kills him §  Poison: hemlock ·  Example of democracy in Athens: everyone had the right to charge someone with a crime ·  Plato o  Studied under Socrates, student o   Late 20’s when S died §  Wrote the conversations of S   ·   Felt that this recording was a means of philosophical investigation o  Most famous work §  Republic ·  Set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society o  3 groups §  Farmer/ Artisans §  Warriors §  Ruling Class ·  Acquired these thoughts from the question learned to ask by S   o   Was a teacher ·  Aristotle o  Platos student o  Questioned §  the nature of the world §  the concept of knowledge §  human belief o  Most famous student §  Alexander the Great o  Art of Rhetoric §  Rules of agreement §  Ethos ·  Appeal based on character of the speaker ·  Document relies on author’s rep §  Logos 

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