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Paricles born into one of Athen's most elite families
he knew what they want
a city fit to rule an empire
Proposed a parthanon- most astonishing buildings
most beautiful building ever built up to that point
Total budget of more than a billion dollars
Selected architects
selected man who designed plans
directly involved in planning process
when building was completed his critics were silenced
Embelished temple like no other
though astonishing statue has been lost in history
others have survived for over 2000 years
500 foot long stretch of carved marble still stays
2 1/2 inches thick
offered citizens an image of themselves
Include all citizens that helped beat off persians
paraclese well away of city's stature
citizens excel in everything
partner was unique
woman of charm, style, intellect
paraclese treated her an an equal
 Aspasia
Most famous and influential group in history
not restricted to elite
shadow of acropolis sits world's first theater
festival of drama
home of popular entertainment
incredibly noisy
Greek tragedies show human beings not able to change destiny
Greeks invented theater
Greeks invented drama
two kinds
tragedy
comedy
perform in masks
eadipus
hubris- arrogant
for all athenian's enthusiasm

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Mr Schick said he killed a man.
I wasn't going to, but you said someone would. So I did.


Themisticalies *Spell fail*
Clear he didn't come from the land
touchy he wasn't aristocrat by birth
Learned skills of greatness
showed himself to be one of history's greatest leaders
savior of his city
knew Persians may still be danger
If they came again, they wouldn't be defeated
bold new strategy
most advance weapon of the day
trireme
174 horsemen on three levels
astonishing speed
war ship
stroke of luck
great vein of silver in territory
worth 100
vast amount in ancient world
Bluffed
Able to do it because of political skill
force of 200 triremes
xerxes
Began to gather forces
aricle's response was they would die
Salamis is an island right off of athens
Greeks won over Persians
Delian league- Greek control

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In the beginning of class we talked about tsunamis.
Tyranny
514 BC
Hippias's brother was murdered
He knew aristocrats were the ones most dangerous
and he was right
Clithenese (Spellfail) wanted power from Hippias
Once every three years men would come to compete with athletic skills
this was ancient Olympic games.
Greeks found civilized way to show heroic ideal
shared wife with spartan kingdom
Dictator ruled with Spartans
revolution
No possibility for aristocrats
design revolutionary governmental system for revolutionary political system
Citizens could stand and address fellow citizens
Agora
Every nine days vote on every issue
from raising taxes to building roads
to price of figs to declaration of war
Ordinary people could be her,oes in politics
System of government that would transform
Pheideppedes Ran a marathon
not for glory but survival
About to be conquered by mighty Persian empire
dodging spears from men in front and men behind
All be aware of was you needed to keep stabbing and keep to your feet
Never have imagined Greeks won glorious victory
 Slaughtered 6000 Persians in one day
Themistosles
Clear he didn't come from land
stories told he was touchy that he wasn't born an aristocrat

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508 BC
Cleisthenes
Aristocrat- money, power, control, rule
Acropolis, stronghold 
Citizens not like slaves, but they might as well have been.
Greece separates into City states
Athens
Athens and Sparta didn't get along at all.
Sparta had military power
Spartans raised in fields and separates from their family
Arete- everything you do, you do to the best of your ability.
Ancient tails and myths inspired them
Iliad/ Odyssey <-- Homer
Odysseus
Bards told them (Story teller)
Tyrant
Pysistratus-brother in law
Athens- vase

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A placed defined by a confluence of powerful, intellectual, Social, economic.

• Cleisthenes gave more power to other people
• He was inspired by Greek stories 

Ancient Greece-

• Geography of Greece
• Mountainous Peninsula
• Mountains cover 3/4 of Greece
• Approximately 1400 Islands in the Aegean and Ionian Seas
• Location shaped its culture 
• Skilled sailors
• Poor natural Resources 
• Difficult to unite the ancient Greeks because of the terrain; developed small, independent communities 
• Geography (Continued)
• Approximately 20% of Greece was suitable for farming
• Fertile valleys covered 1/4 of peninsula
• Because of geography the Greek diet consists of grains, grapes, olives 
• Lack of recourses most likely led to Greek colonization
• Temperature range from 48 in the winter to 80 in the summers 
• Mycenaeans 
• Began around 200 BC
• Mycenae is located on a rocky ridge and protected by a 20 ft. thick wall
• Mycenaean kings dominated Greece from 1600- 1200 BC
• controlled trade in the region
• 1400 BC Mycenaeans invaded Crete and absorbed Minoan culture and language
• Culture in Decline  
• Around 1200 BC sea people began to invade Mycenae and burnt palace after palace
• The Dorians moved into the war torn region
• far less advanced 
• Economy collapsed 
• Writing disappeared for 400 years
• Homer and Myths
• Only stories were kept and passed on by word of mouth
• Homer lived at the end of the "Greek dark ages" 
• Recorded stories of the Trojan War in the Iliad  The odyssey
• (Written 750-700 BC)
• Trojan war was probably one of the last conquests of the Mycenaeans 
• Arete
• Virture and excellence
• Epics
• Narrative poems clebrating heroic deeds
• Myths were created to explain creation 
• Zeus: Leader of the gods
• Hera: Zeus' wife
• Athena: Goddess of wisdom
  
  

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• pandemonium 
• Athenian nobleman 
• He saw ordinary people needed freedom
• born around 570 BC
• he had been taught he was an aristocrat 
• they controlled everything
• Athens
• reading/ writing rare skill
• no medicine
• life span 15 years
• didn't have the type of government you would expect
• Spartans brought up from birth to be soldiers
• separated from families
• lives structured around discipline and war
• cloaks dyed red to not show any other's blood
• food sucked
• Oddesy 
• mythical figures
• war like figures- heros
• story of tyrant came to power was preserved
• noble baring rode into Athens
• beside him was tall beautiful woman, she pretended she was a goddess
• demanded he was ruler
• he was excellent politian  
• turned to common Athenians for support 
• reduced taxes
• introduced free loans
• bounded on east by persian empire, south by egypt, west romans
• greeks scattered 
• potters- worst
• greek- millions of dollars 
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Yesterday

Yesterday we started a new project. I put in from wiki

" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionia

• "Ionia (Ancient Greek Ἰωνία or Ἰωνίη) is an ancient region of central coastal Anatoliain present-day Turk
•  "Never a unified state, it was eponymously named after the Ionian tribe who in theArchaic Period (800-480 BC)"
• "According to Greek tradition, the cities of Ionia were founded by colonists from the other side of the Aegean."
•  "Anatolia before the Greeks was the home of Anatolian language speakers who occupied the peninsula from the Aegean coast to the mountains of the west where resided the various constituent peoples of the later Armenia. The Anatolians created various semi-autonomous states which eventually came under the dominion of a central authority, the Hittite Empire. That precarious state was continually threatened by civilizations speaking other languages on all three sides, the fourth being protected by the Black Sea. Eventually its neighbors combined to overwhelm it, which happened in the Late Bronze Age."    "

Modern egypt

(I learn better typing it and copying)

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Brief

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i didn't get the rest

Economy

Tourism (Who wouldn't want to see the pyramids?) 

oil, natural gas, manufacturing

agriculture- making the most of their limited arable land )3%)

the old pattern of dealing with the Nile has been changed since 1970 building of the Aswan High Dam

the dam controls the flooding of the Nile and increases the amount of reclaimed land

Demographics

79 million people- biggest population of middle eastern nation third biggest of all African countries

Official language: Arabic

English French and German also taught to some

religion around 90% Muslim, most of the rest are Christian (Coptic) but there are major conflicts

Egypt- politics, government, revolution

1922- end of protectorate with the United Kingdom

1952- Egypt declared a Republic

1954-1970- rulled by gamal nasser

• nationalized the Suez Canal
• forms allegiance with Soviet Union

1970-19 81- ruled by Anwar Sadat

• switches allegiance to the united states
• attacked Israel over Sinai Penisula, but later made peach
• Sadat assassinated 1981

1981-2011- ruled by Hosni Mubarak

• kept alliance w/US (Helped in the Iraq war_
• accused of corruption, political persecution, human rights violations 
• driven from office following mass demostrations last month

What's next for egypt?

Egypt currently ruled by military junta but democratic elections scheduled from September 2011

some want Mubarak arrested and tried for embezzling from the government our friend Sarah and other Egyptians say he may not have stolen $50-70 billion

revolting is the air throughout the middle of east and northern African

libya has been ruled by Muammar gaddifi since 1969