The Greeks

508 BC: Athens in Mingin Greece turned on their rulers. One man looked on name Questerlies. He saw these people should have freedom and be able to run themselves he set them on the path to empire. He was born 570 BC. He was taught he was an aristocrat. Greece used to be named Hellis. Greece was build on a strong hole. For athienians writing and reading was an uncommon skill. People had babies at 15. The whole country was in the hands of a few people.

Greece doe not have the physical unity to be a great civilization they had to many mountians. Greece did not have many rivers. It was divided into little nations called city States. Corinthians dominated Greece trades. One city state had military power it was Sparta. They were raised from the fields separated from the family. 

Spartans think death is nothing compared to eating the food they ate. Spartans were always a threat.

Ancient tales and myths were a big part of Greece. the two most famous tales are the illiot and the odyssey. Mythical figures who strength as bought them power and glory. 

Athiena was supposed to be the leading lady of Athens.Pysistersist was an extremely inteligent man. He reduced taxes and offered land. He began to transform his city.  Athenians wealth started to rise. Athens first artistic legacy was the vase. What was in the pots was worth more than the pot its self. If you were a potter you were the lowest in Greece. disigns were based on Egyptians art.

527 Pytisterist died. His son Hypisus took over. He followed in his fathers foot steps then in 514 Hypisus brother was murded and everything completely changed. He killed the muder and the murderes wife.  In revenge for his brother he gained suspicous on everyone. Pysonese tried to over power Hypsius. Hypisus became a tyrant and was banished form athens for ever.

Pyonese started to change Greek society. Once every four yea men gather and compete for  an athletic title it was the modern Olympic games. Anyone could play the games Kings could go against potters. running wrestling boxing cheriot races was some of the games. 40,000 Greeks would gather for the Olympic games. To win would be the highlight of their lives.

You have to go in their and show you can win Pyonese would do anything he could to gain power. He turned outside Athens to get support he went to Sparta. He shared his wife  with the Sparta King. He wanted to turn Athens into a subject state for Sparta. Pysonese left Greece over to a Sparta dictator.

People of Athens put their destiny in their own hand the year was 508 BC. it was Athens firt step to an Empire it was the first time in history the people took over and Cithonese came back to rule Athens.  Even ordinary Greeks could be heros in politics and Athens showed that. They could vote with black and white pebbles.

Pitipitese would make the most athletic astonishing achievments in History. His home is about to be concurred by the entire Persian empire. Athens was gaining power witch was a threat to the Persians and they hadd to destroy it.  It was between freedom and slavory between Athens and Persia. Pitipitese ran 140 miles in two days. Help was refused and they had to fight a lone. Athenians killed over 6000 Persians in one day. that was just the starrt of the war with Persia.

Tyiens where state of the art ships. the goal was to ram the enemies ship. they were very fast and very expensive. 483.BC athenians decovered silver. They wanted to diveided the silver between themselves. But Hamistaclese wanted to use the silver for ships. He pursuaded athens to build the biggest navy.

Darius dide in 486BC Zurcxises took over.t