Test review

Today we were filling in our study guides for the test on Monday.

1600 – 1200 BC- The Mycenaean civilization.

1150 – 750 BC- The Dark Ages.

776 BC- Olympic Games were formed and started.

750 – 700 BC- Homer wrote the Illiot and Odyssey.

621 BC- Draco reformed the tax code.

508 BC- Birth of the first world democracy. (Issagorus is overthrown.) Clysenese was the man ostracized and they brought him back when they throw out Issagorus.

490 BC- The Battle of Marathon. Phedippidese runs to Sparta to inform them about the invasion of Athens.

480 BC- Greeks and Persians round 2. Fight at straights of Salamis.

461 – 429 BC- The age of Pericles.

447 – 438 BC- They built the Parthenon. A billion dollar building.

431 – 404 BC- The Peloponnesian war. Athens wants to invade Sparta. Sparta wins and Athens loses and Pericles dies of the plague during the war along with his sons. 1/3 to 2/3 of the population.

399 BC- Socrates died of Hemlock poison.

336 BC- Alexander the Great started his empire.

Homer- Wrote the Illiot and the Odyssey about the Trojan war.

Odysseus- Main character in The Odyssey and fought in war. Took 10 years for him to get home.

Zeus- Greek God, the father of the Gods and was the top god.

Athena- The patron of Athens, she is a goddess of wisdom.

Pisistratus- Was a tyrant in the old sense of the world. Seized power on his own. Used regular folks as part of his political base. 

Cleisthenes- Wan an aristocrat. Was told he would be the leader of Athens and got thrown out later by another guy.

Darius (the Great)- He was the king of Persia of the time of Marathon Battle and lost.

Xerxes- The son of Darius and gained power. He burnt down the Athens acropolis and lost the second battle.

Pheidippides- Ran the Marathon and ran to Sparta to get help for the war, but got declined.

Themistocles- Built the triremes in case they attacked again.

Pericles- Aristocrat family, treated a lady equal, leader of Athens,

Aristophanes- Was a person of the red light district.