Ancient Greece, Articles, Pericles

Though encircled, Athens’ boss PERICLES & the DELIAN LEAGUE blockaded Sparta & forced a 5-year truce (431-421 BCE)

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Though encircled, Athens’ boss PERICLES & the DELIAN LEAGUE blockaded Sparta & forced a 5-year truce (431-421 BCE) By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, U.C.L.A.) Check out https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece for the full story, including illustrations, videos, and references. See the two videos in the posts below for more information. The PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE, a maritime union that …

Articles, Cleisthenes, Hippias, Isagoras, Peisistratus, Solon

CLEISTHENES EXPANDED SOLON’S REFORMS INTO THE FIRST LITERATE DEMOCRACY

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📘 ARTICLE SUMMARY: This article explores how Cleisthenes of Athens built on Solon’s reforms to establish the world’s first literate democracy in Athens around 508 BCE. It details the political drama of the time, including power struggles with Hippias, Peisistratus, Isagoras, and the intervention of Sparta, as well as the historical roots of reform tracing …

Articles, Harmodius, Hipparchus, Marduk, Pisistratus, Solon

TRUCULENT TYRANTS PISISTRATUS & HIS HIPPIE SONS TRUMPED UP TROUBLE IN ATHENS AFTER SOLON LEFT

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TRUCULENT TYRANTS PISISTRATUS & HIS HIPPIE SONS TRUMPED UP TROUBLE IN ATHENS AFTER SOLON LEFT By Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. (Anthropology, UCLA)🎥 Watch the companion video on YouTube 👉 Learn more about Ancient Greece: https://wp.me/s1TVCy-greece Background: Anunnaki, Trade, and Turmoil Around 600 BCE, the Greeks were entangled in the broader world ruled by Anunnaki overlords—extraterrestrial …