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In 431 Athens was the greatest power in the __________________.

Their mighty fleet of _________________ was the most powerful.

They traded from ___________ to ______________.

They were led by _____________.

They had built the __________________, the greatest monument of the time to honor
Athena.

They invented the system of ____________________.

In 431 BCE, Pericles proposed that they attack _______________, whom they
saw as their rival.

The tension between ____________ and ______________ had been building for
decades.

Pericles believed that they could triumph if they used their ______________ to fight.

He suggested they evacuate to the harbor of _______________ and allow the fleet to
protect and feed them.

This way they could attack Sparta from the ________________.

Pericles’ strategy assumed that they would win in ________ to ________ years.

Socrates was very ______________.

He wore a dirty robe and walked around ____________.

Thales was the first person to measure the _______________. He did this using his

__________________.

Socrates constantly debated and talked with the _______________ people who lived in
Athens.

Meanwhile, the Spartans invaded and burnt all the ______________ around
Athens.
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Pericles convinced them not to panic but to stick to the plan. This worked until the

________________ hit. It spread rapidly due to the _____________ conditions.

About _____________ of the population of Athens died.

Finally, even _________________ got sick. He suffered for ________________ and

died in the year ________________.

His biographer, Plutarch, wrote that the changes after the death of Pericles were

“______________ and ______________.”

There was a struggle for power and many would-be-leaders appealed to the

_______________ and passions of the people to win support.

An Athenian naval force arrived home after winning a ____________ against the

Spartans. They had sailed back to Athens without rescuing the men overboard because

there was a _____________. Everyone but ______________ wanted to execute them.

The Assembly voted and the generals were sentenced to death by drinking _________.

The war against Sparta drug on for ______________ years. Neither side seemed

able to ___________. The Athenians grew frustrated and decided to send a huge

fighting force to the island of ______________ to fight against the Spartan allies there.

The Athenians found out in 413 BCE that this huge force had been _______________.

___________________ men were killed or taken prisoner in this huge loss. Historians

are very critical of this decision to attack in Sicily because _______________________.

The ___________________ Empire had been watching the progress of the war

between Sparta and Athens. They decided to offer help to _______________. This
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enabled Sparta to build their own powerful _______________. They ______________

the city of Athens and starved the Athenians. Finally, in ___________, the Athenians

surrendered to the Spartan General _______________.

The terms of surrender required Athens to destroy all but __________ ships.

The Athenians wanted someone to blame. They focused their anger on _____________

because he had always criticized public thinking. They arrested him on charges of

____________________ and sentenced him to death by _________________.

This was the symbolic transformation of Athens from an Empire of Sea Power

and Wealth and Glory to an Empire of the _________________. The Greek image of a

hero transformed from a military hero to a man that followed his own_____________.

This was their great legacy to the world.

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