WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Athenians placed a heavy emphasis on the arts, architecture, and literature. The Athenians built thousands of temples and statues that embodied their understanding of beauty.

Detailed explanation-2: -This era is also referred to as the Age of Pericles, for the Athenian statesman who led the city from 461 to 429 BCE. During its Golden Age, Athens, Greece was an artistic and intellectual hub.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Athenian economy was based on trade. The land around Athens did not provide enough food for the entire city’s people. But Athens was near the sea, and it had a good harbor, so Athenians traded with other city-states and some foreign lands to get the goods and natural resources they needed.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ancient Greek art stands out among that of other ancient cultures for its development of naturalistic but idealized depictions of the human body, in which largely nude male figures were generally the focus of innovation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Greek democracy created at Athens was direct, rather than representative: any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition.