Jason, Yoyo, Auston, Ian Ancient Greece: Group 3: Archaic Athens by Jason Chiang

Persian wars( 480 BC )

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Athenians leave their city and settle in Salamis.

Persians entered Athens and destroyed their city.

Persians set fires to the Athens during the war

Hippias and Hipparchus (514 BC)

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Son of Peisistratus.

Hipparchus was assassinated in the Agora of Athens.

504 BC

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Cleisthenes introduced a new form of government, Democracy. This new system demanded the construction of new, this time public, buildings in the area of the Agora.

Parthenon

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A new temple in the city of Athen.

It is built to honor the goddess Athena, and it have marble columns with gods and humans sculpture.

Olympian Zeus temple

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Peisistratus and his sons began building the giant temple of Olympian Zeus Olympieion), but never finished it until Emperor Hadrian completed it in 130 AD.

The Archaic Era(700-500 BC)

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The archaic era for Athens was a period of political and social upheaval.

Three Important Events

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There were three important events- the tyranny of Peisistratus, the rise of the Democracy and the Persian Wars.

Circuit Wall

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Solon or Peisistratus fortified Athens with a circuit wall for the first time in the 6th century BC