Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies Period Two 600 B.C.E. – 600 C.E. Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies
Greeks Delian League & Greco Persian Wars 477 – 404 B.C.E. Promised to defend members from Persian attacks Worked to drive Persians out of Greek territories in Asia Minor Most of the chief treasury officials were Athenians Delian League & Greco Persian Wars Rely on the greeks due to little written evidence of the civ. MAP By 513 B.C.E.
Athenian Empire Headquarters moved to Athens Athens slowly began to take control over the other city-states He demanded strict loyalty from other city-states payments from city-states All city-states use Athenian money He allowed lower class male citizens to run for public office public officials to be paid Pericles - popular general during the Greco-Persian Wars
Peloponnesian Wars 431 to 404 BC After the War: All city-states were weakened Many casualties Farms destroyed Greeks don’t trust each other Future unification nearly impossible Sparta tried ruling all of Greece Rebellions resulted in more wars Vulnerable to attack from foreign invaders During the first years of the war moved slowly Athens moved its people inside the city walls Athenian army was wealthy and well protected behind their walls Spartans did not have an navy so Athenians were free to sail around and get supplies The overcrowding inside the city walls led to the spread of a deadly disease- 1/3 of the population was killed, including Pericles Sparta made a deal with the Persian Empire to raise money to build a navy- they gave up territory in Asia Minor In 405 BC the Spartan navy destroyed the Athenian fleet Athens surrendered the following year Sparta broke up the Athenian Empire Faravahar Guardian Angel
Philipp II - Macedonian Conquerors Greek city-states Achieves political unification 338 B.C.E. Olympias Sarissa Father of Alexander Introduced phalanx infantry
Alexander the Great 333-323 B.C.E. Conquerors the Persian Empire Responsible for the spread of Greek Culture – Hellenistic Era (323-20 B.C.E.) Dies 323 B.C.E. - Empire split among his generals Ptolemaic - Egypt Seleucid - Persia Cleopatra VII, the last Macedonian descendent of Ptolemy committed suicide in 30 BC, after which Egypt was added to the Roman Empire. - wikipedia Cleopatra VII, the last Macedonian descendent of Ptolemy committed suicide in 30 BC, after which Egypt was added to the Roman Empire.
Rape of the Sabine Women Roman Empire 200 B.C.E – 200 C.E. Rape of the Sabine Women Intervention of the Sabine Women Jacques-Louis David 1799 Rags to riches Not as advanced as their Etruscan neighbors Began with kings Becomes a republic 509 B.C.E. Patricians and Plebians Public assemblies and tribunes Caesar Augustus 27 B.C.E. -14 C.E. Punic Wars – Phoenicians 264 -146 BCE Hannibal and Scipio Africanus (218-203 B.C.E.) Piecemeal Empire making Collapse Byzantine 476 C.E. During the first years of the war moved slowly Athens moved its people inside the city walls Athenian army was wealthy and well protected behind their walls Spartans did not have an navy so Athenians were free to sail around and get supplies The overcrowding inside the city walls led to the spread of a deadly disease- 1/3 of the population was killed, including Pericles Sparta made a deal with the Persian Empire to raise money to build a navy- they gave up territory in Asia Minor In 405 BC the Spartan navy destroyed the Athenian fleet Athens surrendered the following year Sparta broke up the Athenian Empire