Iktinos and Kallikrates, The Parthenon, 447 - 432 B.C.E.
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Not SyncedWe are looking at the Parthenon.
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Not SyncedThis is the huge marble temple
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Not SyncedWe are upon the top of a rocky outcrop
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Not Syncedin the city of Athens
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Not Syncedvery high up, overlooking the city
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Not Syncedoverlooking the GNC
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Not SyncedNow Athens was just one of many Greek city states
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Not Syncedand almost everyone had an Acropolis
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Not SyncedThat is, having a fotified hill within its city
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Not Syncedbecause these were waring states
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Not SyncedBut in the fifth century, Athens was
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Not Syncedthe most powerful city state
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