The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization

The Greeks Crucible of nuance is a infotainment and TV series ab push through the rises and falls of capital of Greece. Liam Neeson narrates passim the documentary of the civilization of superannuated Greece. The filmmaker Anthony Geffen covered both the poop and fifth centuries B. C. Actors were also used to portray historical events and people during this period. The documentary starts with the history of A thuslys beginning with the rule of Peisistratos whom transformed the city. He require allies, in that way his son could have the thr unitary.Peisistratos encouraged farming and provided loans and curtly capital of Greece was exporting olive oil to nations around the Mediterranian to Egypt, Persia, and Phoenicia. The booming occupation do Athens wealthy and prosperous. Athens became the big apple of Greece. At this time potters were the lower of the lows in Athens. After the ending of Peisistratos, his son Hippias took over. He ruled fairly at first, exclusively after his brothers death, he turned to be a tyrant. Self defense was his still motive and since his only threat was from aristocrats, he turned against them.The aristocrats under the leaders of Cleisthenes captured Hippias and banished him from Athens. The people of Athens then took destiny into their own hands. Isagoras and his partners locked themselves in the Acropolis, but they were forced to surrender and he was forced into exile. Cleisthenes was recalled from exile and asked to form a Government. He came up with the idea of people, both rich and poor, discussing the issues facing them and plaster cast votes to make a decision.On issues like rising of taxes, building of roads and spillage to war, votes were cast, with a white stone for yes and a black one for nary(prenominal) The super power in the world at that time was Persia. Athens was attacked by the Persians in the battle of Marathon. Athens asked for Spartas help, but did non receive it. Though outnumbered, Athens won the battle. A man who participated in the war was Themistocles. He was risen to power through democracy. He was one of historys greatest leaders and he knew that to hold out against another Persian invasion, they would need a strong navy. The Triremes were warships.They became useful in another war against the Persia when Athens defeated them in the Straits of Salamis. Themistocles was then ostracized, and then died in Persia. The other people highlighted in the documentary were Pericles who build the Parthenon. A major(ip) decision was taken by Pericles to attack Sparta resulting in the Peloponnesian War. This war lasted 27 years and finally Athens surrendered to Sparta. Aspasia was his lover. She was made fun of in the theaters and in some tragedies. Pericles died from the plague, which was one of the most ruin pandemics in human history.Socrates was a man who used reason and system of logic and cared about individuals. He was a man who loved debates. He was posterior blamed for Athens defeat by Sparta. He was pleaded guilty with the death penalty. The reason why he dies was because he questioned the world around him and was easiest somebody to blame. Though the film is called The Greeks, however it is essentially a story of Athens and its people. The movie contains re-enactments of various scenes which consist of people dressed in ancient costumes moving in front of an out of focus camera.It gives the viewers a basic knowledge of their society at the time. However, the music in the circumstance was too loud and very distracting making it difficult to hear the movie. wholeness information that struck to my attention that they forgot to mention is that there were four major battles in this war Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis and Plataea. Only Marathon and Salamis are noted in the documentary. This film covers the basic information about the history of Athens and is enjoin towards people who are beginners in this bow.However, for the people who are experts might nonplus some inaccuracies and embellishments in this documentary. In conclusion, Athens had been through many battles and changes throughout their history, from the battle of Marathon to the creation of democracy. It shows viewers who are new to this subject a good understanding of their leaders and famous philosophers. The documentary does a great job explaining and depicting the social, economic, political and cultural aspects of that period.