3/17/11

Today we got off track right away.  We were suppose to go off track anyway.  We started talking about the recent events that have occurred in Japan.  We also watched some footage that a guy took for six minutes of the tsunami.  We also talked about the Nuclear situation over there.  So we then continued to talk about the movie.  We then continued watching it.  After Cleisthlenese took power the Olympics started in Olympia.  A man named Isagoris then decided that he wanted to have power.  He got the Spartans to help him.  Cleisthlenese was then captured along with many others and then banished from Athens.  The people then rebelled and captured Isagoris.  They called back Cleisthlenese to help them and rule.  Cleisthlenese came up with democracy.  The people could vote and speak about what they wanted done.  Cleisthlenese later died and other people took over.  There was suddenly word of a Persian attack on Greece at Marathon.  Pheideppeees then was famous for running  140 miles in 2 days to Sparta to ask for help.  They said no.  Darius had power in Persia at the time.  The Athenian citizens fought along with Hoplites which were the best soldiers and beat Persia in the battle of Marathon.  Themistocles was then voted into power and was the first ruler that was not at one point an aristocrat.  That is it for today.