- During persian wars Athens and Sparta came together and defeated Persians in 480 B.C
- Sparta became the domonent partner
- Sparta then chalenges the Athenians and they go to war
- they battle of the plaines of Attica with hoplit warfare
- Athenians built the long walls / from harbor to city about 10 mi.
- carts would travel all the way alsong the long walls to deliver goods
- walls were great defence
- if athenians enter the walls and Sparta comes then they are trapped in the long wall
- plague spreads
- Spartans leave and athenians have to clean up after the outbreak
- Athenians have large navy
- Alcibiades comes up with idea to invade sicily (sicilian expidition/greatest low points in Greece history)
- Alcibiades was blamed for an act of mass vandalism in athens night befor leaving
- herm at intrance of every home (statue) smashed
- He leaves and alcibiades is conviced of the act and a broat sent to get him
- he goes to Sparta instead
- spartan forces at sicily and all athenian ships sunk
- Athens will never be as strong
- Aristotle took on an eprintence, Alexander
- Alexander could see mt olimpus when he was growing up
- king of Masidom (philip) was alexanders father
- philip dies at 19
- Alexander goes to greece get revence on people who killed his father
- Alexander descides to be the fist one to incade and conqer persia
- he succeds and ruled most of known world
- He startes in troy but nothing there (simbolism counts)
- windes up in the town gordian
- ledgend that if not could be untied he could be the conqerer of the world
- he took his sword and chops the not in half
- he said it doesn't matter how you untie the not
- Alexander comes to egypt and they like him because he hates persia
- He takes some people and goes to Sima
- oricle there and the prest greets him as the sun of God
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