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| 0:04 | · | the sound of Athenian |
| 0:06 | · | phosy was the sound of one of their |
| 0:09 | · | trims bearing down on you the enemy and |
| 0:14 | · | what you would have heard first was |
| 0:16 | · | those ores those 170 ores hitting the |
| 0:20 | · | water in unison in this |
| 0:26 | · | huge and then this gurgle |
| 0:30 | · | and that's the water surging along the |
| 0:33 | · | sides of that 120 ft long wooden |
| 0:36 | · | Hall on top of this is going to come the |
| 0:44 | · | chanting when finally that noise of the |
| 0:49 | · | bronze Ram scything through those the |
| 0:53 | · | sea surface as it makes its way on its |
| 0:55 | · | ramming stroke right at your ship I |
| 0:58 | · | can't imagine any more more scary |
| 1:00 | · | assemblage of noises in the whole |
| 1:03 | · | history of human Warfare we get |
| 1:05 | · | descriptions of how they were used in |
| 1:07 | · | battle where a tri would come up to a |
| 1:10 | · | merchant ship would do a tight turn |
| 1:12 | · | around it and would catch the tri that |
| 1:14 | · | was pursuing it unawares and syn the |
| 1:18 | · | ship usually what you would do is Dent |
| 1:22 | · | the ship punch a hole in it and now it's |
| 1:24 | · | swamping it's starting to take water |
| 1:26 | · | it's disabled it can no longer fight the |
| 1:30 | · | high-tech Greek Tri combined with the |
| 1:33 | · | effective tactics of a highly skilled |
| 1:35 | · | crew transforms the warship into a |
| 1:38 | · | virtual |
| 1:39 | · | torpedo this is good because the |
| 1:41 | · | Persians invade Greece once again only |
| 1:45 | · | this time they arrive with an enormous |
| 1:47 | · | military force a huge Force the size the |
| 1:51 | · | world has never seen the Persians feel |
| 1:54 | · | if we can't beat them by the manner of |
| 1:57 | · | fighting since these hop-like Greek |
| 1:59 | · | warriors were so hard to defeat we will |
| 2:02 | · | defeat them by numbers we will we will |
| 2:05 | · | create an army so vast that it can |
| 2:09 | · | surround and overcome any opposing Force |
| 2:12 | · | we will do the same thing at Sea we will |
| 2:14 | · | create a fleet with our Egyptian |
| 2:17 | · | subjects our Phoenician subjects our |
| 2:20 | · | kikian subjects our Greek ionian |
| 2:23 | · | subjects we'll make them all assemble |
| 2:25 | · | hundreds of ships each and we will have |
| 2:28 | · | a Fleet of Warships that can surround |
| 2:32 | · | and overcome anything in 480 BC the |
| 2:36 | · | second invasion of Greece is led by King |
| 2:38 | · | Xerxes who with enormous sea and land |
| 2:41 | · | forces marches across Asia Minor through |
| 2:45 | · | thce and Macedonia to thesy while |
| 2:48 | · | simultaneously the Persian Fleet sails |
| 2:51 | · | along the coast following the Army in |
| 2:54 | · | order to reach the Greek cities states |
| 2:57 | · | Overland the Persian army must cross the |
| 3:00 | · | hells Pont a narrow body of water that |
| 3:02 | · | poses a geographical barrier between |
| 3:05 | · | Asia and Europe to accomplish this the |
| 3:09 | · | Persian army builds a 3/4 mile pontoon |
| 3:12 | · | Bridge it is a daunting and challenging |
| 3:15 | · | engineering feat which allows the |
| 3:18 | · | Persian army to move over land at full |
| 3:22 | · | force once at thop the Persian land |
| 3:26 | · | forces engage Greek hoplight soldiers in |
| 3:29 | · | battle where a heroic stand of 300 |
| 3:33 | · | Spartans slows the Persian advance but |
| 3:36 | · | does not stop it at the same time at |
| 3:40 | · | artemisium a nearby Coast the Allied |
| 3:43 | · | Greek States hold off the Persian navy |
| 3:46 | · | for 3 Days neither side is Victorious |
| 3:50 | · | the Greeks then withdraw all their ships |
| 3:52 | · | to |
| 3:54 | · | salamis a naval Victory is now crucial |
| 3:57 | · | for Greece and their Tri is just the |
| 3:59 | · | weapon to do it the Straits between the |
| 4:02 | · | island of Salamis and the Greek mainland |
| 4:04 | · | provide an ideal location anticipating a |
| 4:08 | · | great Victory Xerxes sits on a gold |
| 4:10 | · | Throne to watch the battle Xerxes |
| 4:13 | · | however soon realizes he has been |
| 4:15 | · | outsmarted the small Waterway is an |
| 4:18 | · | ideal place to battle for the fast |
| 4:20 | · | maneuverable Greek trimes which destroy |
| 4:24 | · | more than 200 larger less steerable |
| 4:26 | · | Persian warships this decisive Greek |
| 4:29 | · | Victory plays a tremendous role in the |
| 4:32 | · | future of Athens and its young concept |
| 4:35 | · | of democracy the Battle of zamus is |
| 4:37 | · | significant because it allows the |
| 4:39 | · | Athenian democracy to survive the trim |
| 4:42 | · | itself also helps democracy by expanding |
| 4:45 | · | the number of people participating in |
| 4:47 | · | the government because in an ancient |
| 4:50 | · | Society citizenship depends on being a |
| 4:53 | · | person who serves in the military when |
| 4:56 | · | you build over a 100 |
| 4:58 | · | warships and each warship needs 170 |
| 5:02 | · | rowers and all those rowers are going to |
| 5:04 | · | be citizens of the deos that laboring |
| 5:08 | · | class of citizens THS was their other |
| 5:10 | · | name t h |
| 5:12 | · | Tes you have changed the balance of |
| 5:15 | · | power democracy means ruled by more |
| 5:17 | · | people than oligarchy and so the more |
| 5:20 | · | people who benefited were the ones who |
| 5:21 | · | normally were never given a say and they |
| 5:24 | · | were given a say at this time because |
| 5:26 | · | they performed a useful function for the |
| 5:28 | · | state they were the engine that drove |
| 5:30 | · | the |
| 5:31 | · | tri following the Battle of Salamis the |
| 5:34 | · | Athenians liberate other Greek city |
| 5:36 | · | states expand the tri Fleet and form the |
| 5:40 | · | Delan League this is an alliance where |
| 5:43 | · | each city state contributes military |
| 5:46 | · | resources or funds in lie of forces more |
| 5:49 | · | importantly the Delan League provides |
| 5:52 | · | the apparatus used by Athens to |
| 5:54 | · | establish a phosy Athenian theocracy is |
| 5:59 | · | one of of the most extraordinary periods |
| 6:01 | · | in human history |
| 6:03 | · | so important for the changes it brought |
| 6:06 | · | in our ideas of democratic government |
| 6:09 | · | culture but also so well defined as one |
| 6:13 | · | tiny window in |
| 6:15 | · | time where a single city state through |
| 6:18 | · | theocracy through rule of the Seas is |
| 6:21 | · | able to make itself one of the richest |
| 6:24 | · | centers of human endeavor on the face of |
| 6:26 | · | the Earth with this wealth comes the |
| 6:29 | · | flowering of Athenian culture Athenians |
| 6:32 | · | build their famous structures and Athens |
| 6:35 | · | becomes the city of learning literature |
| 6:39 | · | art philosophy and science significantly |
| 6:43 | · | flourish creating what we now call the |
| 6:46 | · | Golden Age of Greece where the |
| 6:48 | · | foundation for Western Civilization |
| 6:52 | · | begins at the heart of this |
| 6:54 | · | accomplishment is the Greek trim whose |
| 6:57 | · | influence on history and Greek Society |
| 7:00 | · | is |
| 7:00 | · | unprecedented nobody explains this |
| 7:03 | · | better than the ancient Greek playright |
| 7:05 | · | escalus who wrote that the fearful |
| 7:07 | · | Persians heard the Greeks singing their |
| 7:09 | · | fight song long before they saw a single |
| 7:13 | · | warship forward sons of the Greeks |
| 7:16 | · | Liberate the Fatherland liberate your |
| 7:19 | · | children your women the altars of the |
| 7:21 | · | Gods of your fathers and the graves of |
| 7:23 | · | your forbears now is the fight for |
| 7:28 | · | everything for |
