3/8/13

Today most people weren't in class because they were on the field trip. We continued to watch the video and what i wrote down in my notes were in 483 BC Athens discovered large amounts of silver and Themistocles wanted to use this to build ships. In 486 BC King Darius died and his son Zurkzees wanted to try to invade Athens again. The Athenians wanted to fight in the sea and not on land. Greeks destroyed Persian fleet. Persians lost 200 ships. Then there was the Delian league and this was an alliance of Greek states. The Greeks were becoming an empire. They ostracized Themistocles and he died in exile in Persia. New leader was Periclese.