4b. Ancient Greece Part 2 Flashcards
Origin of certain democratic principles
Direct democracy, public debate, duties of the citizen
Who’s Pericles and what did he do?
He extended democracy, and had Athens rebuilt after Persian Wars. He was a statesman, politician, speaker, and general.
Philip 2
Rekt Greece after weakening from Peloponnesian War. King of Macedonia. Conquered most of Greece
Alexander the Great
Established an empire from Greece to Egypt + India extended Greek and Hellenistic cultures
Homer
Blind storyteller that composed epics poems. Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
Cleisthenes
10 location groups, Council of 500, which proposed laws and counseled the assembly.
Athens evolution of government?
Monarchy
Aristocracy
Tyranny
Democracy
Alexandria
The foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization.
3 of Pericles’ goals?
- Strengthen Athenian democracy
- Hold and strengthen the empire
- Glorify Athens
What was Pericles’ legacy?
He left behind his direct democracy legacy