HIST-UA 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Debt Bondage, Trireme, Hellenic Navy
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The poor and the middle class wanted more rights. Therefore, athens moved closer to democracy a. ii. Solon tried to give the middle class more power. However, he created class divisions based on wealth. He created the boule council of 500 (50 per tribe) He also created 10 tribes in athens. The people (free males) were able to vote on the legislation which the boule council put forth. Citizenship was hard to acquire though a. iii. 2. What did he actually create? (you need to know specifics here) a. iv. They were not respected and held no public power. They were restricted to the home: what were forces for unity in greece? (p. 109) They shared their hate for persia: the persian wars (chapter 5 section 3, persian king darius i and the first persian war a. i. Despite being outnumbered by a lot, athens defeated persia: persian king xerxes b. i. Themistocles urged the greeks to build ships, so they did.
