Democracy in Athens

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AngliaCampus features interesting and easy-accessfull webpages about Ancient Greece. You'll find out many articles concerning our topic : democracy in Athens, and more about greek civilisation. (food, clothes, religion, soldiers...).

These two following diagrams sums up the lesson ! They should be very usefull !

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Source : Historia del Siglo 20.org

William III statue in Brixham harbour

William, prince of Orange, afterwards William III, king of Great Britain and Ireland, landed near this spot 5th november 1688 and issued his famous declaration "the liberties of England and the protestant religion I will maintain".

On 5th November 1688 William Prince of Orange, having sail down the English Channel with 15.000 troops, landed in Brixham. William asserted that he would stand by those who did not want the Catholic James II as king, and he was married to James daughter, Mary, who was the next protestant heir ti the English throne. Three day later William marched unopposed from Brixham to London, where he and Mary became joint monarchs whilst James II went into exile. This 1889 satue includes an inscription in Dutch.
The stone on which the Prince reputedly set foot on shore is set in a monument beyond the former Fish Market, where Queen Elizabeth II also stood in 1988, in a visit to mark the tercentanary of William's landing.

The Parthenon marbles

Built during the fifth century BC, the Parthenon frieze represents the Panathenaic procession, now located in the British Museum in London. You can explore all the scenes on this Columbia University website.

In Nashville, you can visit the replica of the original Parthenon, built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition. It takes place in the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park.

For a long time, Greek government fights for the restitution of the Parthenon marbles. The New Acropolis Museum has been erected to receive all the Sculptures in Greece. In 2006, the first fragment of the Parthenon marbles was returned in Greece by the University of Heidelberg. "At the Exhibition Hall of the Parthenon, some specific window-cases
will remain unoccupied waiting for the restitution of the fragmented
Sculptures." That means the complete return of the Parthenon marbles settled in the Bristish Museum.

The British Museum provides also arguments on its website.

1. According to Georgios Voulgarakis, Minister of Culture, why is the marbles restitution an universal issue ?

2. Why has the marbles restitution become an european debate ?

3. Find out the official declaration of the european Parliament. What is its point of vue ?