101 GREECE IIDark Age and Archaic Greece

“Ages” of Greek Civilization

Bronze Age 2800 – 1100 BC

Dark Age 1100 – 750 BC Archaic Age 750 – 500 BC Classical Greece 500 – 338 BC Hellenistic Age 338 – 146 BC

Polis 8th Century BC Hellas Archaic Period Acropolis Agora

Types of Greek Government

Monarchy Oligarchy Tyranny Democracy

Sparta - Diarchy Corinth - Oligarchy Athens – you name it!

Athens Plutarch Aristotle? Constitution of Athens Attica Synoecism Autochthonous Theseus Codrus

Aristoi 700 BC Archons 594 BC Solon “Shaking off Burdens”

Reforms of Solon Outlawed debt slavery Set limits on land ownership Created the Boule Timocracy

Athenian Political “Parties”

Faction of the Plain

Faction of the Coast

Faction of the Hills

Tyranny Peisistratus 561 BC Athena 539 BC

Reforms of Peisistratus Reduce the power of the aristocrats Exile enemies, confiscate their land

and give it to the poor Impose a tax for internal

improvements Introduce coinage (Athenian Owl) Encouraged the cult of Dionysus Build the Athenian Navy 527. BC

Cleisthenes 509 BC Democracy “rule of the

people” Demos Deme Demarch

Council (boule) of 500 50 from each tribe 1 yr term/ only two years during life Set agenda for assembly

Tribes- Ten in number (used to be four) Not geographically contiguous Made up of “thirds”; Loosely based on

Plain, Coast, Hills

Assembly Free adult male citizens Met in Athens (about four times per

month) Debated, then voted on agenda set by

boule

Map of Cleisthenes’ trittyes and tribes

City Architect Generals Strategos Strategoi

Ostracism Ostraka