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The Ancient Greek civilization began around 2800 BC, with the Minoans on the island of Crete. The Mycenaean culture contributed to the early palatial era. The epoch was known for its fine brown pottery and sculpture. Socrates, for whom the Socratic method is named, lived from 469 to 399 BC and was put to death by the state of Athens for his radical views. Aristotle, Plato, and Pericles were disciples of Socrates. Lars Porsena was an Etruscan king who ruled around 508 BC. Junius Brutus was killed in a conspiracy around 509 BC. Herodotus published his theses on the Egyptians and the Persians around 430 BC. He is regarded as the "Father of History". Herodotes, Sophocles, and Thucydides, who wrote History of the Peloponnesian War all lived during the "golden age" of Athens. The Renaissance was a time when ancient Greek and Roman thought was revived. The Rinascimento was a time when Pico Della Mirandola and other scholars researched classical Latin and Greek works in order to revive the "Dignity of Man". George Washington was the first president of the United States of America. King George III was mad, but he recovered from his organic brain disease. King George VI took the British throne in 1938, having recovered from a speech impediment. It was a time when Britain needed a strong leader in order to win the war, since Albert George, later to become King George even remarked that Hitler must have been a good speaker if he could hold his audience rapt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_di_Piero_de%27_Medici Giuliano de' Medici was killed in 1478, while his brother Lorenzo survived the Pazzi Conspiracy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petrus_Christus_004_detail.jpg The woman in this painting, by a Tuscan painter in 1455, is holding sealing wax. Lorenzo de' Medici lived from 1448 to 1492 in Florence. The Medici fell from power in Florence in 1494. Robert M. La Follette lived from 1855 to 1925. He was born in Dane County, Wisconsin. La Follette was a trust-buster and "Fighting Bob" was clearly a man of the people. We could use someone like him again to fight for Wisconsin's values and preserve the rights of labor. Robert M. La Follette, Jr. lived from 1895 to 1953. Joseph McCarthy exposed La Follette's checkered past, and this may have been a contributing factor in his suicide in 1953. Se habla español.