Friday, March 15, 2013

March 15

Today in class we reviewed the last chapter test that we took (and we got mini muffins). i got a decent score. i was happy with it.

we also cleared up some of the info on the study guide for chapter 4.


1600 – 1100 BC : the myceneans were thriving around 1600BC-1200BC. Greek barbarians were adapting and learning new things.
1200s BC : Mycenean settlements are destroyed or abandoned and they dissapear
1150 – 750 BC : dark ages
776 BC : first Olympics are taking place. Becomes HUGE part of greece
750 – 700 BC : Homer was writing books. Triremes were being built to use in the navy.
621 BC: Draco wrote really harsh harsh harsh punishments
508 BC : Sparta attacked Athens and Cleisthenes fled the city. Isagoras seizes power. There was an oligarchical government. Isagoras was forced out AND DEMOCRACY WAS EVENTUALLY FORMED!
490 - 471 BC : The Persians attack Athens
490 BC : victory at the battle of Marathon for Athens. First person invasion of Greece
480 BC : The Persian lost in a battle and lost 200 ships and they fled. Greeks one the battle of Salamus
480 – 430 BC : there were tons of battles between the greeks and the persians
461 – 429 BC: the delian league formed. The age of periclese
447 – 438 BC: the Parthenon was being built. Athens was at its height. They declared war on Sparta.
431 – 404 BC: more war against Sparta. Plague came to the city through grain boats and around 20,000 people died,  parapelesian war
399 BC: Socrates was put to trial a found guilty cause he thought that all gods should be good or not be gods at all.
336 BC: final end of Athenian democracy      

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