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Ancient Greece
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Geography of Greece
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Geography of Greece
Mountainous & islands
Caused isolation
Didn’t create large empire
Developed city-states (polis) w/ different styles of gov’t
Caused wars
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Greek City-States
Athens Sparta
Women did not go to school
DemocracyChoose council
membersValued education Only wealthy boys
could get an education
Women have more rights – men fighting
Military training from 7 – 60 years old
Valued strength, duty, discipline
Military supremacy Had slaves (tried to
revolt)Several gov’t branches
Simple lifestyle (bad food)
Shared Culture
Battled Persia
Military training
Polis
Social classes
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Athens & Sparta499 BCE – 449
BCE: Fight together in Greco-Persian War (Xerxes, “300” –Thermopylae, Salamis)
431-404 BCE: Fight each other in Peloponnesian War(Athens loses)
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Practiced in Mycenae by 2000 B.C.
State ruled by a king
Rule was hereditary
Some rulers claimed divine right
Rule of the Kings
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700-600 B.C.
hoplite – citizen soldier of a polis
free citizen; responsible for purchasing his own armor & weapon
promoted equality among soldiers
battle tactic: phalanx Hoplite Army
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700 – 500 B.C.
City-states established new city-states around Mediterranean (400+)
relived overpopulation
spread Greek culture
created commercial networks & sources of new wealth
Colonization
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Powerful individuals seized control of gov’t
Tyrant – leader who worked for the interest of the ordinary people
(photo to left: Periander, tyrant of Corinth) Rise of Tyrants
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Hoplite power grew
Tyrants were rejected
Democracies developed (males who participated in army could take part)
Oligarchies developed (wealthiest males controlled government)
(photo to left: Acropolis in Athens)
Democracy & Oligarchy
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Navy important in some city-states
Ships powered by rowers
Naval power grew & poor men who served as rowers demanded same political rights as hoplites.
Democracy expanded to include all male citizensTriremes
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Greek Religion Polytheistic Gods:
◦ Zeus – ruler of the gods
◦ Hera – Zeus’ wife◦ Athena – Zeus’
daughter, goddess of wisdom
Lived on Mount Olympus Mythology – stories
about gods told to explain the natural world or the customs/beliefs of a society ◦ Medusa ◦ Heracles
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Greek Philosophers: SocratesPhilosopher –
thinker who uses logic & wisdom
Question everything
Socratic method: like a teacher-student discussion, led by questioning
Accused & tried for corrupting Athens’ youth
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Greek Philosophers: PlatoStudent of Socrates
Wrote down conversations of Socrates
Wrote The RepublicCorrect form of gov’t:◦Rule by philosophers
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Greek Philosophers: AristotlePupil of Plato
Used a method for arguing based on logic – basis for our scientific method
Teacher to Alexander the Great
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Alexander the GreatFrom Macedonia
(city-state in N. Greece)
356 – 323 BCE
Conquers all of Greece, Persia, & invades India
Hellenistic Culture – blend of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian customs & beliefs