Today in Western Civ. We watched a movie called, The Greeks - crucible of civilization. Greece Founded on art, architecture, war, conflict, and they fought and beat cities much bigger than them. We learned about Cleisthenis, and Athens. Athens had an Acropolis, reading and writing was rarely taught and life expectancy was 15. 2 parts Aristocrats ruled with their power everyone else were commoners who had no part or share in anything. Greece should not be able to produce a great civilization because of its great mountains. Greece divided into many city-states because one ruler could not rule over all, because of the terrain and rough travel. One city-state had power because of their military, everyone in Sparta was bred to be a warrior, with no luxuries. Spartans were ruthless expansions. Spartans were always a threat to Greece, so Cleithenis had to watch out for them. Then there was a liberty Mutual ad. Cleithenis and his comrades were motivated because of their great stories of t...
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