CLA232H1 Lecture : Herodotus Sections 7.1 - 139
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part 1: short answer, 10 questions, 20 points totals, terms, dates, names". part 2: longer short answer: paragraphs, like the questions on the site. part 3: essay question, 1 of 3 questions. First time since the trojan war that greece had to work together as a united force. defining moment for greece as a force in the mediterranean. Time of self-definition for the different poleis within greece. paradox: although it united greece together, it also highlighted the differences between the poleis. helping the persians were held against those poleis for decades afterwards. For herodotus, the persian wars most importantly showed the differences between. sparta, much further south than athens, pursued a policy of blocking off the passage towards them to prevent the persians to get to them. athens didn"t have this choice, they had to battle.