The rule of Hellas: from Athens to Macedonia

Hello!

You have to go to pages number 208 and 209.

Today we are going to study which polis had the power in Hellas. This is going to change during the centuries.

1. THE HEGEMONY OF ATHENS

This is a map of the Greco-Persians Wars that took place in the 5th century. The Persians (orange) tried to conquer Athens (blue). The Athenians won the battles of Marathon and Salamis. Athens became the most powerful polis.

Athens created the Delian League (477 BC) to be stronger. The Delian League was an organization to defend the polis that had good relationships with Athens. They had a big fleet with a lot of ships.

It was the time of Pericles. He led the Delian League and built the Parthenon. It was the a temple for the gods in Athens.

2. CONFRONTATION WITH SPARTA

Sparta was jealous of Athens because they had a lot of power. This started the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). Sparta (yellow) organised a coalition of cities to defeat Athens (orange). Athens was defeated and the tyrants started to control the polis.

3. MACEDONIA CONQUERS HELLAS

In the 4th century the king of Macedonia (orange), Philip II (Filipo) conquered Greece (yellow) because they were exhausted after the Peloponessian War.

They has a powerful army based on the phalanx.

The phalanx was a military formation (en español decimos falange)

The son of Philip II was the famous Alexander the Great. He unified Hellas and conquered a big part of the world (purple).

The next day we will study the empire of Alexander the Great

ACTIVITIES

1. What happened in the Greco-Persians Wars?
2. What happened in the Peloponnesian War?
3. When was the Parthenon built?
4. Why did Macedonia conquer Greece?
5. Now you have to make a timeline with important events that we have studied.
6. Send the activities on Monday.