Harrison

Harrison

The Phoecians were brilliant seafarers as we read before. Their basic workings were remarkable. They set up many outposts along narrow straits so that they could stop their rivals from getting into the areas they got the most prophets out of like the Mediterranean which was all in all the world’s first major monopoly. They made their home rich with goods and food even though it was mostly agricultural. They’re even referred to as the beginning of the western world for their feats. The reason we know all of this is because the Greeks learned about seafaring through the Phoecians because they were in one of their main areas of trade and since the Greeks wrote everything down that’s that. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Phoenicia The Peloponnesian Wars were a constant state of war between the confederate Greek states.The most notable was between Athens and the others Greek states. Athens was obviously the strongest and the largest in the group because it took all of the other states to defeat them. They didn’t win their battles on land but at sea. It didn’t just take place in Greece it took part in places as far away as Sicily and Turkey. It took place in stages or “phases” between large victories and temporary peace agreements. There were five phases. One amazing fact about this war was that it was the first one to be up to caliber recorded so we know about this war in detail. http://www.laconia.org/gen_info_literature/Peloponnesian_war.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War http://www.answers.com/topic/peloponnesian-war

When I was going through the paragraphs many were on The Battle of Marathon so I assumed it was a good topic. I found a translated inscription from the book of Herotus. Herotus was a Greek scholar who is reveered as the father of modern record keeping. The inscription is a little bias but it’s filled with tons of information and stats. It also mentions many names of heroes who fought and this is a good and a bad thing. It gets really boring hearing all of these weird names that you don’t really care about but it gives you an insight on how the Greeks conducted themselves, who they fought of highly and if someone was looking for information on a certain person they would be mentioned. I would rate this source an A. http://www.thenagain.info/Classes/Sources/Herodotus-Marathon.html Try not to use Wikipedia in your trusted Sites.

Greek sculptures and their development were amazing. They reflect what ideas the Greek’s valued. http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/greek_sculpture.htm The Greeks that that the human anatomy was amazing so that’s what they based their sculptures on. http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/greek_sculpture.htm Unfortunately many of their sculptures were damaged or destroyed but many were recreated by the Romans so of the were able to make copies that make us awe imagine what the original sculptures must have been like. http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/art_history_lessons/greek_sculpture.htm.

Questions: 1. Why do we have such a strict education system? 2. How do people become part of the upper class? I would think that you'd have to take control by force but the rich are usually portrayed as not strong in most societies. 3. Why do the Greeks form the religion they use.