Greeks Video

In class we watched a movie in class today.  Herocles was a Greek politician. Clysthanies helped Greeks gain freedom from their oppressors. He was born around 570 B.C. Town of Atherns was the center of the Greek empire. It was surruonded by the Acpropolis. Aristotle was a famous Greek writer. Greece was very mountainous land. It was very difficult to get around. Greece was divided into city states. Athens, Argos, Corinthian, and Sparta were all Greek city states. Spartains were raised to be a soldiers at birth. They wore red capes to hide blood in battle. Greeks loved stories and myths. Illiat and the Oddesy were the most famous stories in Greece. Greeks had many olives and used hem for various things. Olives helped Greece's economy grow. Pottery was a large part of art in Greece. Clysthanes decided to overthrow Hippias. Men would gather in Olympia every four years to compete in various events. It was the early version of the Olympic Games. Isagerious went to Sparta to get people to help him get to power. In 508 B.C the people rose up and took power away from the ruler.
Clysthanies created a government that was a democracy. Persians decided to invade Greece. Darius was the ruler of the Persians. Battle of Marathon was won by the Greeks. Themisticles came into power by democracy. In 483 B.C Greeks discovered silver in their land. They used the money to build a fleet of ships to have a navy. Xerxes was a Persian king that was the son of Darius.