charlie+pracitce

Charlie and Jay 10/21/08

-Pressure for Change -Athenian nobility began to argue about agriculture problems in 7th century B.C. -they reused the fields without rest year after year and as farming became more intense the less succesful people started to have to borrow from others -people basically used their family and children as mortgage for the loans they couldn’t pay and a lot of these people ended up being enslaved -so many people were in debt that they began to demand the “abolition of debt and a redistribution of the land.”

Reforms of Solon: -when Solon was elected in 594 B.C he immediately canceled all debt, prevented future loans, and brought back many Athenians that had been enslaved from the agriculture crisis, this plan was called “shaking off of burdens” -he did not redistribute land which led to Athens economic crisis but he did encourage trade and commerce which led to Athens success in the fifth century -he also expanded citizenship and made Athens society more diverse and widespread -he divided the citizens into 4 classes -Archons, were the wealthiest two classes of people and consisted of Aristocrats and influential politicians -Hoplites were third class males that could be in the council -Thetes, the fourth class, had the power to vote, and served as a jury in court

__**MOVIE PROJECT OUTLINE:**__

11/11/08 Jay and Charlie

Movie Project Outline:

I. Basic Ideas

-Title, 100,000 -The Persian war from the perspective of the Persians -More based on the actual war than the before and after of the war.

II. Movie format and why it will be a big hit

-Appeal to all audiences because of its historical accuracy. -Great combination of history and action. -Shows perspective on Persian War that is not as well documented as the opposing point of view.

III. Chain of events in movie based on history

-in 499 B.C the Ionians rebelled against Darius I, with the help of Eretria and Athens -the revolt went well until Darius gathered powerful forces and in 493 B.C Persia was powerful once again -Darius then decided to punish old Greece and punish the states that had helped the Ionians -his first attack, in 492 miscarried because most of the Persian fleet was wrecked in a very damaging storm -his second attempt in 490 led to his army being pushed back into the sea -Darius died in 486 and henceforth the third and biggest attack was left to Xerxes - the invasion began in the spring of 480 consisting of 100,000 soldiers and 600 war ships -the greeks decided to fight under Sparta’s leadership because of their war expertise -the greeks chose to hold the Persians at a narrow pass in Thermopylae and they did so well for three days until Xerxes sent his troops around Thermopylae through the mountains most greeks escaped but Sparta’s 300 and 700 from Tespiae fought and died to the end -the greek fleet retreated to Salamis and led by Eurybiades of Sparta, Themistocles of Athens, and Adimantus of Corinth prepared to fight -the Persians fearing a greek escape decided on an immediate attack and late in September the battle of Salamis was fought in another narrow strait between Salamis and the mainland -it took a full day and the Greeks were victorious Xerxes went back to Asia with half of his army and wrecked fleet he left the other half Boeotica -the battles resumed in the following spring in Plataea a small state between Athens and Boeotia, the Greeks won and the Persians were forced to retreat -while this battle was happening the Hellenic fleet had crossed the Aegean to try and find and destroy the rest of the Persian fleet -Xerxes and his destroyed army retreated to Asia



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