The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization Movie

• Very powerful and headstrong people.
• They would take over armies twice their size.
• about 3 centuries before Christ a battle occured in Athens.
• Plithenies was born around 570 B.C. and was born a ruler.  
• Athens was a small town in the peninsula of Greece.
• reading and writing was rare school.
• Ancient Greek life was extremely hard and short.
• Greece was divided into city states, each very different and with its own culture.
• Corinthians were good at trading.
• Spartans were broad up at birth to be soldiers.
• Spartans wore red capes to hide their, or their enemies' blood.
• A tyrant is a person who takes over the government.
• Athena was the patron god of Athens.
• This tyrant Pysistretus was approached by a lady that he thought was Athena, but really wasn't.
• He thought this was a sign that he should rule.  
• Pysistretus began to transform the city.  
• Olives are a big part of Greece's economy.
• They traded olive oil with Egypt.
• Greeks found their wealth and prosperity on the rise.
• The vase was Greeks first artistic legacy. 
• A potter had no respect.  but then started making beautiful pottery that is now worth a lot today
• when Pysistreus died.  His son took over, but was not a good leader.
• in 514 B.C  His brother died and he turned bitter.
• Aristotle said he was mad.
• Life in Greece had now become dangerous.
• Plyseneise thought his time was now and tried to overthrow the tyrant.   He won and was no one of the most heroic leaders of Greece.
• Greeks got together in peace for the Olympic games.
• In 508 B.C Athens had an uprising against their ruler and seized power for them selves.
• The Athenians looked to Klathenese to rule their government.
• Klathenese used black and white pebble so the people can vote on things.
• Fatibities ran a whole 140 because his homeland was about to be conquered by the Persian empire.  He went to go get help.
• The Greeks did end up winning.
• Xeres wanted vengence from his fathers defeat, and marched into Athens.
• The Athenians got scared and sent a messenger to the oracle to find out their fate.  
• The oracle told them they were doomed and everyone went into an uproar.
• He decided to fight them at sea.
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