HIEU 101 Final Exam Review Sheet Identifications Ionian Revolt Themistocles Pericles Cimon Peloponnesian League Herodotus Thucydides Ephialtes Sophists Satrap Areopagus The Council of the 500 Pisistratus Agoge Stasis Peloponnesian League Aristagoras The Sixth-Parters The Definition of the Word Tyrant The Peace of Callias The Battle of Marathon Megarian Decree Boards of Ten Parthenon Aristophanes Essays 1. The great Persian invasion under Xerxes was a crucial
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Lysistrata “There is no beast as shameless as a woman” Aristophanes was a craft comedy poet in the fourth century B.C. during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Aristophanes’ usual style was to be satirical‚ and suggesting the eccentric. The most absurd and humorous of Aristophanes’ comedies are those in which the main characters‚ the heroes of the story‚ are women. Smart women. One of the most famous of Aristophanes’ comedies portraying powerfully capable
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morals‚ beliefs. Athens and Sparta had distinct differences in every aspect of society. Both city-states felt the they were the strongest and the best‚ because of this conflict a war broke out in 431 BC between them. The war was known as Peloponnesian War. After the‚ these two City-States were never the same. Peloponnesian war lasted around 28 years and resulted in Sparta winning. Athens had a population of roughly
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Lysistrata The Peloponnesian war has been going on for eighteen long years and the beautiful Lysistrata in common with the other wives of Athens‚ is tired of the absence of their warrior husbands. She decides that it is time to bring an end to this situation by boycotting their husbands from their wives love. Lysistrata gathered the women of Athens and told them about her plan of how she’s going to end this situation and some of the women argued over and over‚ but the beautiful Lysistrata managed
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the Spartan authorities‚ and the Athenian Aristides‚ who may have been behind the rumors‚ took over the command of the Greek army. Although Pausanias was cleared of all accusations‚ the Spartans now decided to remain outside the war against Persia. For Sparta‚ the main war aims had been reached now that a cordon sanitaire had been created in Asia Minor. If the Persians wanted to return to Europe‚ they first had to occupy the towns of the liberated Ionian Greeks. The Athenians had a different perspective
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Roman Success Athens and the early Roman Republic were small city-states that acquired empires through victories in war. The Delian League lasted less than a century and the de facto empire of provinces acquired through the Punic Wars lasted for centuries. Athens and their allies formed the Delian League which was under constant strain‚ while on the other hand‚ the Roman Republic was very successful in expanding their empire through a consistent united front politically‚ economically‚ and militarily
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How and why did Athens become an Empire? During the Persian wars‚ Athens became the most dominant naval power in the world. The Ionians sought a powerful ally like Athens for protection from the Persians. At the beginning the Delian League was to be beneficial for both Athens and her allies‚ however because of radical democracy‚ the leadership of Aristides‚ Cimon and in particular Pericles and his aggressive imperial policy Athens had transformed the Delian League into the Athenian Empire. This essay
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on a Peloponnesian peninsula‚ in a land locked valley. This society was based on conquest‚ which meant discipline and subordination where demanded. These people emphasized physical perfection; no one was to be weak and lazy‚ which helped their army in the long run. Having strong men equals a strong army no doubt‚ but they had to do something with that strength. They invented many tactical strategies of defense‚ making them strong and smart army. And they got to show it off in the Peloponnesian wars
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History 121 Chapter 7 #1. As the Minoans civilizations we have limited records but we can say they were masters of seas and great shipbuilder‚ which allow them the trade by the seas‚ also they have a base religion using bull leaping not only as a sport‚ if not as a penitence on their religion practice‚ they constructed big cities and palaces for their ruler an example is the Palace of Knossos where the legendary Kind of Minos lived. After the end of the Minoans civilizations there are not
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were jealous of Athens’s great achievements in literature and art‚ and started the Peloponnesian War‚ ending the Golden Age of Greece. In other words‚ jealousy marked the destruction of a flourishing culture and civilisation‚ and a torn nation. In the 1910’s‚ countries fought for colonies and rival-armed camps were formed. Jealousy arose between many countries in their bitter armament races. The outcome? World War One‚ in which 10 million men lost their lives in a horrific 5 years of bloodshed
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