anotha one

Today in class we took another pop quiz that brought my grade down again. Honestly I am a little upset that the pop quizzes are basically my western civ grade because there are no other grades in veracross. We started to take notes on the democracy of Greece. A guy that I call King P started the first Athenian democracy. He started to pay political officers, which meant that even poorer people could try to apply. King P loved the arts, so at that time lots of sculptures, paintings, and more artistic things were being made. One of King P’s projects was the Parthenon which became one of the most famous Greek historic structures ever. King P started to increase the Athenian navy and soon it became the strongest navy in the Mediterranean Sea. As Athens grew, other places started to compete with it. The Peloponnesian War started against Sparta and Athens (Sparta has a strongman army and Athens had a strong navy). Sparta started to attack Athenian city-states, so King P let everyone inside the walls of Athens to take cover. They relied on sea trade for food and supplies during this time. The second year of war 1/3 of Athens died of illness including the fantastic King P. Athens still fought Sparta for years and years. Once they were both worn out, they signed a peace treaty and became friends. That is basically what I have taken notes on so far.