HIS 101 Lecture 6: west civ 2.8.2017
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The greeks one because the city states banded together and once that threat was gone (persian) the stronger polis competed for control of greece. As a result of uniting this united front, athens is able to gain control over most of the polis which leads to a golden age in athens. From a young age your goal is to be a warrior. At the ti(cid:373)e the persia(cid:374) (cid:449)ars (cid:271)reak out, the stro(cid:374)gest. Polis in all of greece is sparta, militarily. They also do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)y (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ies (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they had (cid:374)o ties o(cid:448)erseas (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:373)ade the(cid:373) slightly more impartial. In 494 they were fine letting greece do its thing. It is a polis ruled by an oligarchy. Part of a group of colonies (ionian colonies) They are te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:272)ally o(cid:374) the (cid:271)oarder of persia"s (cid:449)ester(cid:374)(cid:373)ost pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)e. The tyrants were very closely tied to the persian court. The worst offender was the tyrant in miletus and they remove him in 499 (ionian revolt)
