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Age of Pericles
Athens
• Athen’s best under Pericles• Delian League alliance against Persia• Direct Democracy All male citizens vote• Ostracism- protected Athens from bad
politicians• Rebuilt damage caused by the Persians
Age of Pericles
Athens Economy
• Based on farming and trade• Imports (Buys from other places) grain to
support the huge population• Peraievs huge trading port
The Athens Family
• Husband, wife, children, other relatives, and slaves.
• Husbands had complete control• Women’s lives were restricted
• After Persia, Sparta and Athens become very competitive, leads to war.
• Lasts 25 years• Athens stays behind walls, Sparta sieges. • 2nd year plague breaks out in Athens, many die• Sparta beats Athens.
The Great Peloponnesian War
• Weakened all Greek powers• Sparta and Athens continue petty wars• No Chance of Cooperation ever agin
Consequences of the War
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