The site I found is a BBC history site. It is very informational and it gives a lot of detail. The site explains Athenian democracy in four sections, how it got started, how people felt about it, the affects it had on Athens and how democracy was restored. This site is easy to understand and provides visuals so it makes the site interesting and simple to see what they are talking about. The BBC site is very helpful and you can find a lot of informative facts in it. The site was written by a college professor and so it is geared toward high school and college students. The professor who wrote this is the professor of Greek history at Cambridge College so he know what he is talking about and he knows many things about Greek civilization. This site helped me understand more about Greek culture and the kind of democracy that they had. It fit in very nicely with what we are reading about in class. The website gives of the same impression as the book so it isn’t hard to comprehend. It is fun and exciting to visit. I found it very helpful in expanding the lesson and a good resource.

Professor Paul Cartledge; www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greekcritics 9/27/04

The second site I found is on Greek culture. It has the categories of Art & Architecture, History, Wars, People, Mythology, Geography and the Olympics. It goes into depth with any of the eras of Greek history people want to know about. It is written so it is easy to understand and it mentions things that the book did but the site expanses more, rather than summarizes what happened. In the Art and Architecture category the site show examples of columns, temples to the gods and statues also they talk about each idem shown and how they came to be. Under wars the site discusses many parts of each war and leaders that conquered the territory they fought for. In geography the site gives a summery of each city-state and many maps of where they are located. It really helped me understand where each city-state was. The site also provides a biography on many famous people of Greece and their accomplishments. It also gives so other links on specific people. This site was very helpful and informational. It has many useful facts and pictures that helped me understand the chapter and Greek history better.

Ancient Greece; www.ancientgreece.com 9/28/04

The last website I found was on Greek wars. It mentions the Persian War, the Peloponnesian War, the Trojan War and the artillery that they used on Ancient Greece. In the statement about the Persian War it not only talks about the view point of the Greeks but also of the Persian so you can get a different outlook from the book. It gives many good facts and it has pictures at the start of each summery of the wars to see what the soldiers looked like and the things they wore into battle. The descriptions of the battles are very detailed and descriptive. This paints a good picture of how the wars really were. The way the site is written is easy to comprehend and understand. This website fits in with all the wars we as a class are talking about. It also gives a little more facts than the book does. One thing that this website describes that the book does not is the artillery. It mentions the weapons and method of warfare they used back in those days. This site helped me get what is like in the wars back in Ancient Greece.

Ellie Crystal; www.crystalinks.com/greekwars 9/28/04