WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was Pericles?
A
The man who led Athens into a golden age of prosperity.
B
The man who destroyed Athens.
C
The man who created democracy.
D
The man who defeated the Persians.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens . He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as “the first citizen of Athens".

Detailed explanation-2: -The Greek city-state of Athens reached its Golden Age between 480-404 BCE. 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: -Pericles was an Athenian statesman. Under his leadership Athenian democracy and the Athenian empire flourished, making Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece between the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian wars.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pericles developed Athenian life and Greek culture through strengthening democracy, strengthening the Athenian empire, and glorifying the city of Athens. Cultural influences to Western civilization will be coming out of Athens through their accomplishments and educations.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the Age of Pericles, Athens blossomed as a center of education, art, culture, and democracy. Artists and sculptors, playwrights and poets, architects and philosophers all found Athens an exciting and enlivening atmosphere for their work.

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