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Athens - Solon
Followed period of tyrants
Archon – judge, general, and administrator
Cancelled all debts Four classes
– Active participation in politics
Cleisthenes – 508 BCE
All free men, age 18 and who owned property, could vote and hold office.
Assembly of 500 – 50 from each of 10 geographic areas of
Athens– All chosen by lottery
Power to impeach
Delian League
Persian threat pulled Greeks together Sparta won the war but… Athens rose to the top Used navy to promote trade and
boost economy Athens was paid to “protect” other
city-states
Pericles
Participation in government is a right and a responsibility
All citizens are equal in the eyes of the law
The Funeral Oration
Golden Age477 – 431 BCE
“A summit of civilization never before reached by the human race.”
Art, sculpture, literature, drama, architecture all attained new heights.
History turned to toward men and away from gods.
Peloponnesian War431 – 404 BCE
Jealousy Sparta and Athens
went to war Plague struck
Athens Sparta won
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