Leo's Project

By Leo Gao
  • 507 BCE

    Democracy in Athens

    Democracy means rule by the people and demo means people cracy means. The assembly has a lot of people in it but only a relish amount of people attend it. Direct Democracy is citizens vote directly whether or not they want to pass a law. This is the type of Government Athens had for about 100 years. This is significant because today’s democracy is motivated from Athens.
  • Period: 500 BCE to 490 BCE

    Plays in Athens

    Athens had a festival every year to celebrate the god Dionysus. In this festival, Athens had a performance where they did plays. Comedy and Tragedy were the plays that Athens did. They also had costumes and masks for the play. This is significant because we still have dramas which are about tragedy and comedy.
  • Period: 499 BCE to 449 BCE

    Persian War

    The Persian empire started the Persian war because Darius put down the revolt and vowed to defeat Athens. The Persian Empire wanted their revenge after the Athenians helped one of their colonies residing in the Persian Empire, specifically in Anatolia, rebel against Persian. This is important because the Athenians became powerful after that war.
  • Period: 480 BCE to 404 BCE

    Golden Age Of Athens

    The Athens faced their Golden Age after winning the battle against the Persians. They became rich since they were the leader of the Delian League. Athens also became very powerful because they used the funds from other countries to raise their military power to defend the Persian invades. This history is important because the arts and statues from Athens in their golden age is still preserved today.
  • Period: 431 BCE to 404 BCE

    Peloponnesian War

    The Spartans made the Peloponnesian League to counter the Delian League. Athens became too powerful as leader of the delian League. It built a powerful and trading Empire. Pericles the leader of Athens, brings all the citizens behind the city’s wall for protection, but citizens undergoes a plague. Spartans defeated Athens. It is important because Pericles made an interesting decision.
  • 384 BCE

    Aristotle

    Aristotle was the greatest scientist of the ancient world. He is considered the father of the natural sciences. He wrote 170 books, 47 of which still exist more than more two thousand years later. Aristotle was also a philosopher who wrote about ethics, psychology, economics, theology, politics, and rhetoric. Aristotle developed many scientific studies and those studies are modeling the basic of today’s science.
  • Period: 336 BCE to 323

    Macedonia conquered Greece

    The Spartans and the Peloponnesian League was weakened after the Peloponnesian War. Since everyone was weakened, the king of Macedonia makes a plan to conquer Greece. Macedonia eventually conquers Greece and becomes the ruler of that land. This history is important because this leads to the next event, which is Alexander’s plan to conquer Greece.
  • Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE

    Hellenism

    Alexander started the hellenism with 4 great empires (Greece, Persia, Egypt, and India). This combination of Greek influence with Eastern ideas creates a new culture known as Hellenistic culture. Alexandria Egypt was the most important city for Hellenistic culture and a city of knowledge for many years. Many mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers studied at Alexandria. Hellenism impacted today’s culture. For example, big libraries and museums are from Hellenism.