Day 14: The Golden Age

I am glad I could get a 95% on my human geography test. Here are some notes I took after the review.

Pericles dominated Athens from 461 to 429 B.C.
He had 3 goals:

1. To strengthen Athenian democracy.
2. To hold and strengthen the empire.
3. To glorify Athens.

To create a stronger democracy, Pericles increased the dumber of public officials who were paid salaries. In the older Athenian days, most positions of the public office were unpaid, so only rich citizens could actually afford to hold a position in the office.

Direct democracy was a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives. It was an important legacy Periclean Athens. In Athens, male citizens who served in the assembly established all the important government policies that affected the polis.
After defeating the Persians, Athens helped organize the Delian League. Pericles took it's treasury to make the Athenian navy the strongest in the Mediterranean sea.