HIST 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Greco-Persian Wars, Peloponnesian League, Xerxes I
9 Sep 2016
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Plato: rst example to write utopian (perfect society) literature, the republic . Rulers: in control of the society, the intellectuals (smartest) Producers: the everybody else: believed that pleasure clouded the mind and believed no sex in relationships (ideas were not practical) Believed people should be ascetic (to remove pleasure from life and be abstinent) Uid, always doing whats best for society if not by choice but simply by their position. Persian wars: occurs in two stages, in 490 b. c. the rst portion of the persian war takes place, was known as asia minor, now known as turk, one city-state in the persian empire was ionia. Wanted their independence, fought for their freedom. Athens sends some boats over to help to use in battle because they felt that they needed to help their fellow greek citizens. King darius i, king of persia decided to take care of the ionians and then ght the athenians. King darius sends a ship to greece.
