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We learned about some key terms and their significance in class, we also learned more about different revolutionary's and the background of them. Two of the key terms were Agora and Polis. Agora means gathering place, assembly, and marketplace. It is the center of athletic artistic, spiritual, and polictical life in the city or state. Polis means that political entities ruled by their bodies of citizens. The orgin of the worlds politics, metropolitan, and poll. Some times that citizens have revolted against their leaders are, in the United States in 1776. France, in 1789. China in 1851, and 1949. Russia, in 1917. Iran in 1979, and Egypt in 2011. And of course, there are many others. We also learned about this historical figure named "Socrates", as a young man, he worked as a stonesmen. He fought heroically in the Peloponnesian war. His working class background and battlefield experiences may have shaped the way he viewed the world. He met with young students in workshops just outside the Agora/ Socrates' method was that he would ask a series of questions to determine their underlying beliefs, and the extent of their knowledge, this led to the 'Scientific Method'. I really enjoyed learning more about some the revolutionary's that occured during the years. I also really liked learning about Socrates, and who he was as a person.