Presentation Day

Today my group presented our project on Hoplites and Triremes. We had a group go before us that explained Pericles and the Golden Age. Pericles was the leader of Greece during the time of the war between Greece and Sparta. Sparta has won that war due to their upper hand in military strength and due to the plague striking the Athenians. Today we started off our presentation with Zaire explaining Hoplites and their formations in war. Hoplites were soldiers who were healthy enough to buy their own amor and a lot of it. Their formations were absolutely spectacular with the way they had the next line ready to drop their spears down and attack. Hoplites usually had shields that also protected their neighbor and they also had large breast plates. Heaves were almost like shin guards worn on their shins and they also had helmets upon their head to protect themselves from danger. Then we went on to Triremes with me and Jayla throw into a couple of slides. We all did pretty equal work by the way which I am very happy about. Triremes were the nuclear war weapon of the time of the Persian war. They were large ancient galley boats used for warfare, trade, and piracy. They were called Triremes because they had three sets of oars. The ship was very light weight and could glide across the water swiftly and quickly. The ship itself was used to bash into the side of other boats to jump on board and steal stuff. These boats were very advanced architecture to the Greeks and helped defeat the Persians in a battle. Next we learned about philosophers from another group and art and architecture from another group we learned a lot of things that were gonna be on the test coming up. Hopefully I'll be able to remember them.