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Event: Greek Kings of Sparta and Mycenae join forces to fight against Troy.
Importance: This event serves as a story of the earliest pre-Greek history in Homer's Iliad.

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Event: Mythological twins Romulus and Remus establish the city of Rome.
Importance: This date is the "beginning" of Rome's official history and creates a clear foundation for Romulus, the founder and first king.

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Event: The last Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquin, is overthrown in 509 BC.
Importance: Rome becomes a republic, using indirect democracy as its form of government, with power belonging to the Senate, made of patrician families.

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This is a Persian War map that described how the Persians tried to invade Greece. There is four warfare shown on the map.
This event is important because it shows that Greeks are strong enough when they unite together to defeat the strongest army in the world, which means that the Greeks are strong in the military and the Greeks are a great empire. It also unites the Greeks together for the first time.

Author: Tom Pan&Gabriel Ren

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At the end of the Persian war, Greek city-states formed a League called Delian League. Athens then took control of the leadership of The Delian League. Making Athens have a stronger military power.

Explain: It seems that this event helps the greek city-states unite more but actually it is the cause of Athens' downfall. This event made Athens stronger and eventually led to the Peloponnesian War which made Athens very weak. This navy power made trading better and helped spread Hellenism.

Suzy Xie and Heidi Yan

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3. Pericles Leads Athens: 460 BC The Hero Behind The Victory of Golden Age

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3. Pericles Leads Athens: 460 BC The Hero Behind The Victory of Golden Age

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Describe: This image shows Pericles talking to Athenians, he stands in the high place which indicates that Pericles have a higher status and he’s leading the Athenians. As a leader of Athens, Pericles balanced the rich and poor between Athenians, and he modifies Athens by building architecture and statues.

Explanation: Pericles increased the power of Athens and rebuild Athens from scratch which made it the most powerful city in the whole world. Pericles also promoted the arts, literature, and philosophy. He gave great speeches to inspire the citizens. It boosted the ego of the Athenian Citizens and convinced them that they are a “master race”, and encouraged them to become a part of their government and work together. His leadership led Athens into its golden age, to the highest success. But his great power was full of ambition and aspiring, which will also lead Greece into wars and struggle.

By Susie Huang & Sarah Yan 7B

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4. Athens Snatched The Delian League: 454 BC            Mark Mao & Andy Hong

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4. Athens Snatched The Delian League: 454 BC            Mark Mao & Andy Hong

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Description:
As the Athens took over the delian league, they manipulated the huge treasury of the delian league; this is an abuse of the power of athens, which causes them to gain mistrust from other city-states, starting the civil wars. As we see from the picture, the treasury of the league (also their allies) was snatched away by Athens, which really took place in the event.
Explanation:
As this event took place (in 454 BC), they gained mistrust from other city-states, which causes the civil war that weakened the greek empire. This makes it a chance for Alexander which later lets hellenism (Greek culture) spread all over the region of the world.

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5. The Peloponnesian War of Greece :431 BC

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5. The Peloponnesian War of Greece :431 BC

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Description: The Peloponnesian War was a war fought between the Delian League led by Athens and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta —the two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece at the time.

Explanation: Other city-states are afraid that Athens will become a strong and powerful empire, Sparta wanted to stop this. Some city-states followed Sparta and declared war on Athens. This war ended the classical age of Athens and ended the democracy of Greece Times, strongly changing the state of Greece. The war brought unprecedented destruction to prosperous ancient Greece, leading to the crisis of the Greek slave city-states after the war, and the whole of Greece began to turn from prosperity to decline.
Jenny Shao & Grace Zhao

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The famous quote Pericles said during the best speech made on the whole planet.

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Pericles said democracy is worth dying for. He encourages people to sacrifice themselves for democracy, and certainly, that is what the Athenians believed in. This led to 30 more years of war.

Explanation:
Pericles uses this chance as a great way to spread Hellenism, as he describes the great powers of democracy, how everybody is free people and could become free citizens, having the chance to vote, having a lot of powers which Athen's main rival, Sparta, does not have. This form of government is spread around the globe with this amazing speech, and could be fully in use today, as main democracies include the main superpower, the USA.

Author: Stefan & Lele Y7B

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This image shows a medical workers disinfecting the statue of Pericles due to the coronavirus, which was ironic because Pericles died of the virus plague.

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7. Hello Plague, Good Bye Pericles: 429 BC

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7. Hello Plague, Good Bye Pericles: 429 BC

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The death of Pericles directly caused the rapid decrease of the power of Athens. Without their leader, Athens is weaker than ever and is easier to be defeated.

Elsa & Olivia

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8. Greeks fight a civil war then die to Macedonians: 404 BC

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8. Greeks fight a civil war then die to Macedonians: 404 BC

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Description: The meme suggests how Athens and Sparta fought, weakening the Greek military and economy, finally resulting in both city-states (and Greek as a whole) being conquered by Macedonians.
Explanation: During this event, the two largest Greek superpowers fought, destroying the Greek military, economy, and society. Therefore, when the Macedonians violated Greek land, the city-states had no power to fight against the army, causing the basic fall of Greek city-states.

[Sally Xu and Ian Qian] Y7B

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The Macedonian Phalanx fighting with the Greeks

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Event: Philip II in this sketch was fighting Greece with technology and unique weapons like the catapult, in the background of the sketch. Horses, bows, and arrows which are more advanced are also used in his battles.
After the end of the Peloponnesian war and while the city-states were not united Philip snook in and conquered Greece in 338BC.

Explanation: Philip II was able to use Greece's geographical advantage overseas and Hellenism to significantly increase the influence he has in the Middle-East and near the Mediterranean Sea. This event is highly important, as Philip II ended the Greek government and independence. However, this enabled the Greek culture to spread and develop under Macedonian rule.

Authors: Jochen Chen and Leo Li

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The picture above suggests that Alexander the Great is eager to conquer new lands; it also suggests that he spreads Hellenism through the lands that he conquer as the meme jokes that he could "give Hellenism" to the Persians by  conquering them.

The greatest conquerer of his time, Alexander is about to start his conquest to create the most powerful empire in the world; as he conquers Greece, their culture be brought with him. Through the many wars that will follow his footsteps, cultures of Greece, Persia, India and Egypt are all about to combine into one and Hellenism will soon be known throughout the world.

By: Momo Xu and Nancy Cai

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Description: Alexander conquered Persia, who became the most powerful ruler and created the largest empire in the ancient world, which makes him the king of the known world.

Explanation: Alexander used his clever tactics and military skills to defeat Persia. Firstly, he attacked Anatolia. Then, Alexander went to Egypt and gathered forces. Eventually, he marched towards Persepolis and defeated Persia.

Spread of Hellenism: During Alexander's conquest, he conquered other civilizations and spread Hellenism all over the world. He blends cultures and customs from Egypt, Persia, and India, spreading culture through war.

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12. Alexander Remains Great in his Tomb: 323 BC

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12. Alexander Remains Great in his Tomb: 323 BC

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By Anny Qian and Joanne Tang

Event: Alexander the Great died due to an illness at age 32. His generals fought over his empire and eventually split it into 3 main kingdoms.

Importance: The kingdoms which resulted from Alexander's empire spread Greek Hellenistic culture throughout the Meditteranean and other places he conquered. Many cities were built in Greek styles, and Greek also became the dominating language around the Meditteranean.

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Event: Rome conquers Macedonian kings and Greek allies in a series of wars. Greece becomes part of the Roman Empire. Rome conquered the last Macedonian Kingdom, Egypt, in 31 BC when Augustus defeated Cleopatra and Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium.
Importance: The Roman Empire is now the ruling government in the "Western" world. .
*Fact: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was Macedonian. The rulers Ptolemaic Egypt descended from Alexander's general Ptolemy.