Greeks (mar 29, 500 BC – mar 29, 300 BC)
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Greeks (500-300)
-revolt against Persian empire
-self-governing city-states ruled by people, colonies around Mediterranean
-armed conflicts between city-states, fueled weapon improvements
-Peloponnesian War (431-404) entre Athens and Sparta
-free trade among city states, agora, currencies
-slavery
-rise in philosophical, artistic thought
-democracy, oligarchy
-class society (helots as peasants); slavery
Pericles (Delian league with other city-states and Athens)
-Macedonians invade because why not (Philip III)
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Date:
mar 29, 500 BC
mar 29, 300 BC
~ 200 years