Crucible of Civilization: The Golden Age

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   Today in class we watched the second part of the Crucible of Civilization video about Greece. We saw that Athens was the ones who established democracy, and Persia started a 10 year war against them. In 490 B.C. Persia started to invade Greece, and Sparta was informed, but refused to help. Later, Athens was burned to the ground by Persia but luckily, the citizens escaped to a nearby island. There was also a battle at the Straight of Salamis, where Athens had a large win, and Persia lost badly. Since Athens was a democracy at that time, the citizens got to choose once a year who they could ostracize. Even the general of the Athenian army has been kicked out at one point. Anyway, that's all for today, see you soon!

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