Pericles Great Leader of Ancient Athens |
|
| Author:
| Nardo, Don |
| Series title: | Rulers of the Ancient World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7660-2561-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | Enslow Publishing, LLC
|
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.93 |
Book Description:
|
In the time of the great Greek city-states, the ruler Pericles made Athens the greatest of all. Under his guidance, Athens became a center of democracy, art, architecture, learning, and science, as well as a military power to be feared. Yet this power and influence made other city-states, especially Sparta, nervous. So began the First Peloponnesian War, as Sparta led a war to bring both the Periclean Age and Pericles to an end. According to the National Standards for World History as...
More DescriptionIn the time of the great Greek city-states, the ruler Pericles made Athens the greatest of all. Under his guidance, Athens became a center of democracy, art, architecture, learning, and science, as well as a military power to be feared. Yet this power and influence made other city-states, especially Sparta, nervous. So began the First Peloponnesian War, as Sparta led a war to bring both the Periclean Age and Pericles to an end. According to the National Standards for World History as outlined by the National Center for History in the Schools, this book satisfies Era 3: Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires 1000 BCE-300 CE.