Greece power point part 3

• hippias
• trrant who ruled from 527 to 510 BCE
• after his brother was murdere his rule became harsh
• exspelled from athens
• in revenege he began working with the persian King Darius 1 helping then invade marathon
• isagoras and cleisthenes
• isagoras had support from fellow aristocrats
• cleisthenes had support from the majority of athenians
• isagoras won, he is now ruler
• Isagras ostracizes cleisthenes
• cleisthenes supporters revolted against Isagoras
• they trapped Isagoras on the acropolis for two days on the thrid day he fled and was banished
• cleisthenes, very rich, insulated from the "holi polloi" but crafty politician
• saw the value of tapping into th talents intellience and energies of the middle class
• he didn't value women
• citizens could vote - but only 1/5 of athenians were acutal citizens
• in order to be a citizen you must be free, adult, male, property owner, born in athens
• after sveral years athens practiced a direct democracy
• its where states are ruled but its citizens
• rule is based on citizenship
• majority rule decides vote
• in the Agora, itizes argued made speeches then voted with stmes, white (yes), and black (no)
• it was first practiced in athens under cleisthenes by around 500 BCE
• greek's had a relationship with their gods, gods interacted with humans
• greeks were warlike people
• spartans were known for their tough, ruthless, infantry: fought on land
• boys started training when they were seven
• real spartans were much more fearsome than those oily gyms rats
• athens had a great intantry too, but nothing could compare with their navy
• their most effective weapon was the trireme
• trireme
• technological arvel
• fastest ship in the world at the time
• rowed by up to 170 men on three levels
• coul be used as a battering ram
• agile, fast
• the phalanx
• close rank dense grouping of warriors
• armed with long spears and interlocking shields