Class of 3/25/11

Today in class we talked about our project. I switched with Amir and I have Greek Philosophers now. I used to have the Hellenic age. We went over a quiz we took a while ago. We talked about mummification and death. We went over the Egyptian pyramids. They had a three dimensional triangular shape. You can go inside the pyramids. They had closed doors so robbers couldn't get in. Its a engineering wonder. They had false paths so confuse the grave robbers. Pharaohs lived in the Pyramids. We finished our review of the quiz and class was over. Now we have spring break!

Class of 3/24/11

In class today we picked our projects, I got the Hellenic Age. And we reviewed our 58 point Greek Quiz. We got to see what we saw. I got an 86 on the quiz.  I'm glad because that brought my grade up. We have to do our project over break. We have 12 days to finish is, so hopefully I will get it done.

Class of 3/23/11

In class today we took our 58 point Greek Quiz.

Class of 3/22/11

Today in class we watched the movie. And took more notes.

• Pericles- wanted to glorify Athens, but he liked Democracy. He was an aristocrat. Kept the democracy going on. 
• Wanted Athens to be the best city in all of history
• Parthenon- most astonishing building in its time. To glorify Athens. Contribute to Athena 
• but a lot of people to work, builders, architects, sculptures, took 15 years to build.
• 40 foot statue of Athena was in the building. 
• Frizez- slab of marble that someone has carved a partial statue out of. Regular people were carved into it. They were getting glorified. 2 1/2 inches thick.
• Pericles divorces his wife
• Aspasia- Pericles companion. Treated her has an equal, had her participate with someone the most important people. Falls in love with her and married her. 
• Worlds first theater on the Ocrapoles. 
• The Greeks invented Drama/ comedy/ tragides. 
• Greeks wrote plays on really good people falling from the heights.
• Oedipus- a guy who was taken from his parents, lived his life, achieved greatness. Became King. Travels this road that are guarded by sphinx. "What walks on four legs in the morning , two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night." A human. 
• Fortune teller tells him he is going to kill his father and marry his own mother.
• He doesn't know its his father and kills this person who he got in a fight in.
• Falls in love with this older woman, and its his mother. Mother finds out its her son and kills herself, and Oedipus gauges his eyes out. 
• Pericles wanted to make Athens the undisputed leader of the Meddeteranian.
• Hubris- means arrogance and pride.  
• 431 B.C. Pericles take the podium and presents the Athenians with a plan of war with Sparta. 
• Abandon all the land around Athens and go behind the great long walls to Paras. 
• Pericles would use the Navy to supply the city by sea
• Pericles expectation was after 1-2 but not 3 that the Spartans could not win and surrender. 

3/18/11

We watched the video again and took more notes.

3/17/11

Today in class we watched to movie and took notes.

Greeks Crucible of Change Note Taking 2

• 508 B.C. ordinary turn on their rulers.
• Cleisthenes want the regular people to govern themselves.
• Aristocrat- a member of the ruling class
• Cleisthenes was an aristocrat 
• Acropolis- Athens was built around and on this, it's big area of rock.
• Aristocrats owned most of the land, hired people, and payed people whatever they felt like.
• Regular people work long hours and you don't get much in return
• Greece was divided into city-states
• mountains separated the city-states, they spoke the same language, the same god, same experiences, just they didn't get a long.
• Sparta was a big city state
• Women had a fair amount of respect and a bigger responsibility than Athens society.  
• covered 4,000 sq miles
• Cleisthenes was inspired by the stories and myths. 
• Iliad story of the Trojan wars, Odyssey story of Odisious trying to get home after the Trojan war. 
• Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. 
• Tyrant- somebody that comes in a seizes control. 
• Pisistratus- Cleisthenes brother in law, comes in with "The Goddess" 
• Hippias- brother got killed and he got very paranoid and killed lots of people and imprisoning people
• Cleisthenes- 510 B.C. one of the most powerful figures in Greece, fought Hippias and won and took over Athens.
• 40,000 people come and watch the Olympics, travel hundreds of miles
• rich people competed around rich people for glory
• than anyone could compete so anyone could win
• Isagoris- aristocrat, believed power was his right, he turned to outside Athens for support, Sparta. Wants to ceize control from Cleisthenes
• Isagoris ceized control of Athens 
• Cleisthenes had to leave his city along with his family
• the people of athens forced Isagoris to surrender after three days 
• the first time in human history that regular people rose up against their leaders and threw him out 
• 508 B.C. athens first step to empire and glory . ordinary people seized power for themselves. 
• Cleisthenes returned to Athens and formed a democratic government
• Ogora- anyone could up on the rock explain what they wanted to do next
• every 9 days they would met and figure out what to do 
• Pheidippeds- ran 140 miles in just two days to get help against the Persians, but help was refused. 
• the Greeks are people who want freedom.
• the Persians put more emphasize on discipline.
• It was between freedom or slavery.
• every man had to become a soldier in Greece
• Hoplites- a soldier who had their own armor and weapons 
• Athens were a small but determined force
• Athens killed 6,000 Persians in one days, Athens won. 
• Themistocles- fought on the battle field at Marathon.
• Themistocles was one of histories greatest leaders, he was the savior of his city.
• Trireme- ram the enemies ship narrow light and fast weapon. 
• Themistocles wanted to spend the money on trireme. 
• Themistocles convinced his people to build a fleet of 200 men navy
• Persian king died than Xerxes came to power
• Xerxes wanted to burn Athens to the ground
• 483 B.C. the Persian army set out for Greece. 
• Phase two of the Persian war. Darius lost against Greece so Xerxes invaded Greece.
• Athens was Xerxes first target.
• Athens sent someone to the Oracle. 
• Oracles- being able to see in the future, communicate with the gods. Reading the patterns of birds and interpreting what it means. 
• Oracle at Delphi- best communication with god. the most famous, "What could they do to save themselves" answer: "all is ruined, fly to the ends of the earth" you should run. 
• Themistocles plan: avoid conflict on land, fight the Persians at sea.
• First evacuation in history. 
• Salamis and Athenian main land is where Themistocles wants to fight.
• Persians burn the temples, and occupy Athens.
• The Persians navy has 4 times as many ships as the Greeks. 
• Themistocles sent a Greek sailor over to Xerxes to tell him i have inside information, save my life. He said Greeks are fighting against themselves they don't know what to do, they are ready to sail out the other end.  
• The Greeks won. Persian navy lost 200 ships. 
• 540 B.C. Delian League had become Athens Empire 
• Ostracized- Athenians wrote a name on a shard of pottery on who they want out of Athens and who is becoming to powerful
• Themistocles was ostracized 
• Themistocles died in Persia in exile.