For homework, review your reading and notes on "The Age of Pericles." While reading through the material, I want you to come up with one question, or "thing" you wonder about. For example: Maybe while you are reading you wonder if there were ever any slave uprisings during Pericles rule? OR if Pericles had a rival that attempted to take his place as ruler of Athens. Then I want you to research your question and post the question AND answer to our blog.
Why did Athenians reelect their favorite Generals again and again?
ReplyDeleteBecause the generals who always got elected would be the ones who still have as much pride and strength. Pericles got elected a lot,always with power and smartness.
What Was a typical Ancient Greek House Hold like? Well for starters most people in ancient Greece had modest homes with no windows. Furniture was rare. People spent a lot of their day outdoors. They had bread dipped in wine for breakfast. The same for lunch and wine, fruit, vegetables and fish for dinner. On rare occasions they had meat.
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Deletequestion: Did Pericles have a good early life?
ReplyDeleteanswer: Pericles was the son of Xanthippus (dad) and Agariste (mom). His parents were very wealthy and in good health. Xanthippus was a statesman. Agariste was a member of the politically powerful Alcmaeonid family. Pericles himself first gained fame in the spring of 472, when he provided and trained the chorus for Aeschylus' play The Persians. Pericles earned the best education that was available. He learned math and music under the best teachers. Over all Pericles had a great early life.
Why did the Peloponnesian War happen? What caused it?
ReplyDeleteRight after Sparta and Athens won the Persian invasion Athens got all of the credit for winning the war. The reason was because Athens had the navy and they attacked the Persians and won. Sparta got very jealous that Athens got the credit. Sparta had a very good army and had won battles on land too. Sparta decided one day that Athens doesn’t get all the credit for winning that war. We did a lot of it too. So then it became a very big war and Sparta proved that they help out a lot with their army.
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Why did Pericles create a rebuilding program?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: Because after the Persian War, a lot of temples and buildings were destroyed. So Pericles and other people started a rebuilding program to rebuild or build new statues, buildings, and temples. Pericles helped to construct the building of the Parthenon.
Which philosopher did Pericles receive education from?
ReplyDeleteHe received education from Zeno, who was a philosopher from southern Italy. Aristotle and Plato used his teachings as well. He taught dialectic, which is a form of argument.
Pericles was an influential figure that lasts today but how did Athens government blossom in trade, and milatary tactics?
ReplyDeleteHe added court, Opinions into the process, military, but how did he change it? First of all he used his military to perfection. He used his navy to trap opponents in war. Spartan 300 was because Athens trapped the Persian into corners. In some cases Athens also used their military for trade. Since they could by water is was easy for them to get materials. The Athenians were the smartest Greek city state. This started are Navy too.
Why were women not allowed to go to school?
ReplyDeleteAnswer- Men in those days thout that women wern't as good as men. Women could't continue school after gramar school too. The men back then thought that women were to emotional to go to school. Back then women were controlled by the men. When the women were married, they stayed home and did all the chores inside the house.
What damage did the plague do to Athens?
ReplyDeleteIn the first outbreak of the plague in 430-429 the death rate was 33% and in the second outbreak in 426 the death rate was 26%.
in the first outbreak the death rate was hire because of the high tempercature made the disease spread faster. The plague did not just infect kids and the elderly but young men to.
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ReplyDeleteWhy did the athenian people think that Pericles was a great leader???
Because the people thought that he was fair and trustworthy.
they also like him as a leader because he helped Athens become powerful by having them win wars and he lead them to great power
What sickness did Pericles die from?
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He died from a epidemic diseases that fastly spread from Ethiopia to Egypt to Libya and then the Greek world.
how many city states traded with Athens????????????????????????????????????????????????
ReplyDeleteAll city states and towns on the islands went to athens to get fine wool and clothing. In return Athenians got crops some of the crops are corn, beans, wheat, grain, and wassabe. Even Sparta traded with Athens. The reason Sparta traded with Athens is that after the Pelopineshion war they lost a lot of farm land and animals. Since Athens was the bbigest trading spot and none of Sparta's allies where willing to help they had no choice but to go to Athens. Sparta traded with Athens for farm animals and wool. In return Athens got money and weapons.
Why didn’t Sparta join the Delian League?
ReplyDeleteAfter the Persian war in fear that Persia would attack again most city states joined with Athens to make the Delian League in 477 BC. Southern Greece joined with Sparta to make the Peloponnesian League in 431 B.C. The Delian League was very successful and turned into the Athenian Empire but was destroyed during the Peloponnesian War and the Peloponnesian League destroyed The Athenian Empire and it ended in 404 B.C.
Question: Why did girls in Athens marry so young?
ReplyDeleteAnswer: The girls were so young and didn’t have much of a choice who they were going to marry. Their fathers, uncles or brothers chose for them. They didn’t even get to meet the man they were marring until just before the wedding. Girls that young didn’t have that much therfore they didn’t get to chose who they were marrying. Isn’t that unfair?
what is a good question to ask someone acting as Pericles
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