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Peloponnesian War Greek Achievements

Peloponnesian War Greek Achievements. Athenian Power. Persian Wars ended Alliances- an agreement to work together Delian League Athens and other city-states Peloponnesian League Sparta and others Growth of Athens worried the Spartans and they declared war. Peloponnesian War.

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Peloponnesian War Greek Achievements

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  1. PeloponnesianWarGreekAchievements

  2. Athenian Power • Persian Wars ended • Alliances-an agreement to work together • DelianLeague • Athens and other city-states • PeloponnesianLeague • Spartaandothers Growth of Athens worried the Spartans and they declared war

  3. Peloponnesian War A war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart.

  4. War • For 10 years, neither side could gain an advantage • TRUCE • Athens started to expand again • Sparta attacked again • 404 BC won • WAR OVER, Sparta victorious • Sparta most powerful city-state for 30 years

  5. Greek Achievements • Art • Architecture • Writing • Philosophy • Science

  6. Art • Tried to make everything look perfect • Used stone and marble • Known for its realism and detail

  7. Architecture • Wanted their buildings to reflect their greatness • Parthenon • Built on Athenian acropolis in 400’s BC • Magnificent on the inside and outside

  8. Parthenon

  9. Writing • Created new writing forms • Examples: drama, history • Created plays as part of their religious ceremonies

  10. Philosophy • Believed in the human mind to think, explain, and understand life

  11. Socrates • Teacher and thinker • Believed people should never stop looking for knowledge • Socratic Method (Ask questions) • Was accused of questioning the authority of the gods • Was arrested and sentenced to death

  12. Socrates

  13. Plato • Student of Socrates • Teacher and Philosopher • Ran the Academy • School where students, philosophers, scientists could discuss ideas • The Republic (book) • Ideal society- based on justice and fairness

  14. Plato

  15. Aristotle • Plato’s student • Perhaps greatest Greek thinker • People should live balanced lives • Based on reason: clear and ordered thinking • Logic: inferences • Use facts to figure out other facts

  16. Aristotle

  17. Science • Mathematics • Euclid • Studied and wrote geometry rules • Lines, angles, shapes • Medicine / Engineering • Hippocrates • Figured our what causes diseases to treat them • Known for his ideas on how doctor’s should behave • Archimedes • Water screws

  18. Euclid

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