Important figures

Solon

• Solon had canceled all the debts of farmers from nobles
• He freed the slaves in athens
• He allowed men to participate in the Athens assembly's and law courts
• Solon had become very popular among the common people

Peisistratus

• A tyrant who seized power in 560 .b.c
• He had support from the poor by dividing estates between the farmers
• He had also given money,jobs,and other things to the poor

cleisthenes

• He came to power in 508 b.c.
• He played an center role in governing
• He given the power for voting males to debate freely
• He had created a new council of 500 citizens to help carry out buissness

Darius

• Darius was the ruler of persia
• When he came to throne he overthrew the government and divided
• It into 20 provinces.
• these provinces were called satrapies

Themistocles

• He had come up with a plan to fight the Persians
• He had the greek army stop the persians at Thermoplylae
• They used 200 hundred ships to cut off the Persians