The Greeks : Crucible of Civilization

Today in class we watched some of the first episode of The Greeks : Crucible of Civilization. Cleisthenes was born in 570 BC and he was an aristocrat. Herodutus was the first Greek historian. An acropolis was the giant stone thing in the middle of Athens. Life expectancy in Athen was 15 years old. Healots were the slave class in Sparta. Heroic ideal is what must Greeks lived by. It meant that everyone is destined for greatness. Pisistratus was a tyrant who ruled Athens. He gained favor from the middle class by lowering taxes and providing free loans. That's all for today.