1. Thought of the Day Look back at your notes entitled The Assyrians & The Persian Empire. Who were the 2 kings that ruled the Persian Empire? What were their governors and provinces called? Describe their Zoroastrianism beliefs. You should have a minimum of 5 sentences.

2. Classical Greece -Greeks spread throughout the Mediterranean -Come in contact with the Persian Empire -490 Persians land on Marathon; Athens army defeats Persians *Pheidippides race to Marathon*

3. Classical Greece -486BC Persian king Xerxes seeks revenge -Form defensive league -New military policy forming navy (Xerxes had 180,000) -7000 Greeks hold off 180,000 Persians for 2 days at Thermopylae (traitor told Persians) & Athenians leave -Greek defeat Persians at Salamis then again at Plataea

4. The Athenian Empire -Athens takes over Greek world -478 Delian League formed against Persians -Attack Persians to liberate all Greeks from Persian control -Age of Pericles (461-429) expands empire; creates direct democracy (all males participating in meetings) -Large body of officials run government on daily basis -10 officials directed policy; could be re-elected -Ostracism- a member believed to be harmful could be kicked out if voted on by 6000 people -Made Athens center of Greece -Rebuilt temples & statues because of war -“School of Greece”- art, philosophy, & architecture flourished

5. Daily Life -Athens had largest population (300,000) -Economy based on farming & trade -Grapes (wines), olive trees (olive oil); 50-80% of grains were imported -Family extremely important -Women didn’t leave home (except funerals & festivals) -Had children; did housework -Couldn’t own property -Spin & weave clothing -No formal education -Didn’t work outside the home unless you were poor

6. The Great Peloponnesian War -After defeating the Persians, war breaks out in 431BC between Sparta and Athens -Athens remained behind stone city walls (got supplies from colonies & navy) -Spartans surround Athens (stronger army) -2 nd year of war, plague breaks out & kills 1/3 people including Pericles -Athenian fleet destroyed at Aegospotami on Hellespont -Athens surrendered; walls torn down & empire destroyed -**War weakened Greek states**