1750 B.C. – 133 B.C. Section 3: Conflict in the Greek World Cory may “Callimachus, it is up to you, right now, to enslave Athens or to make her free ….Athens is in the most perilous moment of her history…If we fight now, why then we can survive this battle….It hangs on your deciscion now! If you vote with me, your fatherland will be free…, but if you choose … not to fight, then the opposite of all good … will fall to you.” - Militiades, Athenian General Ionian Greek rebellion sparks war __________: “These ships were the beginning of mischief both to the Greeks & to the barbarians.” Athenians sends ships; angers the ________ Marathon ____________ defeats Darius I; outnumbered Pheidippedes’ run Temporary victory Athens needs ships; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDfzV9ATQY&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8UQiisaRXU&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk9rgmFqLUg&NR=1 480 B.C.: ______ invades Greece; son of _______ Thermopylae King _______ & 300 Spartans hold a pass _________ & Athenian Navy defeat Persians Persians burn _______ City evacuated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj810hUDVUQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHSRh1M5BTo&feature=related One of History’s greatest ______ battles Final ______ of the Persian Wars Win by _______ ships; Themistocles Delian League To protect ______ from Persia Name after the island of _____ Athenian Empire? Use force Sparta forms the_______________ to counter the Athenian _______ League; warfare breaks out for 27 years Spartans _______ Athens Overcrowding = _______ Spartans victorious Athens recovers Power, spirit has _______ Thucydides Periclean Athens was a _____________ Citizens involved with ______ government Participation in Assembly = ______ Athenians served on _____ Could vote to banish/_______ people Under Pericles, Athenian Culture thrives Rebuilt the ________ With Aspasia, Athens = cultural center of Greece In groups of two (3, if necessary) Read page 129 in your book and answer the two questions at the bottom of the page Read page 127 in your book and answer the two questions at the bottom of the page If not finished it is homework that is due tomorrow