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In 334 B.C. he defeated Persia at Granicus River. Alexander went after King Danius. The King fled, giving Alexander control over Anatolia. In 332 B.C. Alexander went to Egypt. Darius tried to fight Alexander at Guagamela but lost, so Persia's power ended. In 326 B.C.Soldiers had been fighting for 11 years and wanted to go home because of exhaustion and Alexander agreed to go back. In 332 B.C. Alexander became ill with a fever.
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Athens had a strong navy but plague swept through Athens. Sparta had a strong army and declared the war. Pericles tried to avoid battles. Athenian territory bumed. The Sicilian Expedition: name of the Athenian attempt to conquer Sicily in 415-413. When it arrived to Sicily all the alies started to have doubts, Lamachus proposed to attack Syracuse which is known as one of the campaogns during the Peloponnesian War.
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Pericles had support for 32 years. He wanted to glorify the Athens. He also wrote Tradgedes and Comedies; Epic poems.
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The greeks had long settled there. The Persians then conquered the land. The Ionian greeks revolted and then the king threatened to destroy the Athens as revenge.
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Draco was elected to make new laws for the Athens. He was also very against criminals.
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Sparta conqueres the neighboring region of Messenia and took over the land.
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Homer was blind but still wrote his epics. His epics were poetry about heroic deeds.
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The Mycenaeans fought a ten year war against Troy. A Greek army besieged Trpy because a Trojan prince had kidnapped Helen; the wife of a Greek King.
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Solon was known to be one of seven wise men. He stated that no man should own another man and he owtlawed debt slavery.
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By 508 B.C. Cleisthenes came to power on promises of constitutional reform.
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The war began in Ionia, it was faught between Greece and the Persian Empire. Persians went the Athens (called Marathon). Persians lost 6000 vs Athens: 200.
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Some Greeks faught with the Persians. The Persians were informed by a secret pass after three days. Xerxes set fire to the Athens.
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Delian is named after Delos. The leader of Delian were the Athens. Pericles used money from a fund to stregthen the Atherian navy.
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Philip became king in 359 B.C. Athens and Trebes joined forces to fight him. Philip was murdered in 336 B.C. His son, Alexander the Great immediatley became king.
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The Minoans created an elegant civilization and had great power in the Mediterranean world.
