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Origin of certain democratic principles

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Direct democracy, public debate, duties of the citizen

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Who’s Pericles and what did he do?

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He extended democracy, and had Athens rebuilt after Persian Wars. He was a statesman, politician, speaker, and general.

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Philip 2

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Rekt Greece after weakening from Peloponnesian War. King of Macedonia. Conquered most of Greece

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Alexander the Great

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Established an empire from Greece to Egypt + India extended Greek and Hellenistic cultures

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Homer

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Blind storyteller that composed epics poems. Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

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Cleisthenes

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10 location groups, Council of 500, which proposed laws and counseled the assembly.

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Athens evolution of government?

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Monarchy
Aristocracy
Tyranny
Democracy

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Alexandria

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The foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic civilization.

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3 of Pericles’ goals?

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  1. Strengthen Athenian democracy
  2. Hold and strengthen the empire
  3. Glorify Athens
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What was Pericles’ legacy?

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He left behind his direct democracy legacy