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Athens and Piraeus

5th-4th centuries BCE · Greece

A democratic citizen state and maritime empire built on farming, craft, trade, taxation and enslaved labor.

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How the setting appeared

Painted temples crowned the Acropolis above dense tiled-roof neighborhoods; the agora, roads and Long Walls connected the city to Piraeus harbors.

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How people lived

Courtyard households produced food and textiles while fountain houses, markets and sanctuaries structured movement.

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How people worked

Farmers, potters, smiths, merchants, rowers, officials, migrants and enslaved people sustained the polis.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Sacrifice, procession, theater and household rites linked civic identity to gods and heroes.

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World-atlas stage: Classical regional worlds
Region: Europe · Greece
Languages and scripts: Attic Greek; Greek alphabet
Important people: Pericles; Socrates
Events and changes: Persian forces sacked Athens and burned the Acropolis in 480 BCE.; The Parthenon was built under the leadership of Pericles c. 447-432 BCE.; Athens fought Sparta and its allies in the Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BCE.; Socrates was tried and executed in Athens in 399 BCE.
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Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

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Evidence register

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CIT-CORE-ATHENS

Athens and Piraeus: record evidence guide

https://www.britishmuseum.org/learn/schools/ages-7-11/ancient-greece

britishmuseum.org

CIT-CORE001-ATHENS-UNESCO

Acropolis, Athens

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/404/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-CORE001-ATHENS-AGORA-ASCSA

About the Athenian Agora Excavations

https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/excavations/athenian-agora/about-the-excavations

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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