How People Helped to Shape the History of Ancient Greece

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Many problems had occurred in Ancient Greece. There were also many great minds that were able to overcome these problems and rise above the struggles. The people in Greece were not responding to the historical forces that may have been upon them, and out of their control. Rather, they were the people who had ideas and acted upon them. Therefore, changing history into what we know it as today.

In 570 BCE, Cleisthenes set up the first democratic government in Athens. In 483 BCE, the people of Athens had found silver in the Laurion Mines. Since Athens was a democracy, the citizens decided that they wanted to split up the money between themselves. However, a man named Themistocles suggested that they used the money to build ships, instead, so that they could build up their navy and fight against Ageana and Persia if they were to attack. In the spring of 480 BCE, the Persian army set out for Greece. Themistocles proposed a plan. He wanted to avoid conflict on land, and fight the Persians by sea. Athens had a very dominant navy which controlled the sea. He called for an evacuat...

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