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classical greece?
490-323
when were the etruscans?
800-100 bce
when were the myceneans
1700- 1100 bce
when were the minoans?
2600- 1400 bce
what are the three reasons for greak religion?
1. to explain nature
2. to explain emotions
3. religion with benifits
519.
persians conquered ionian greeks
500-400 bce
2 persian empire wars (east)
1. civil war of city-states
periocles class
business class in sparta lycurgus - harsh laws
you joined if you failed military test
who found the mycenenans? how
heinrich schileman. with the illiad
what was the largest island in greece?
crete
3- features of city-state in greece
1. size- size of Rhode island
2. population; 5,000 -10,000 people
3. citizens: land owning males were cityizens
what did greeks eat?
wheat, olives, grapes, figs planted in october
ACROPOLIS
HILL ON A MOUNTIAN
polis
fort
pericles
statesmen who worked to strengthen athenian empire to glorify athens
What was the Golden age of Greece known as?
The age of Periciles.

believed all male citizens should take part in gov. paid them.\

period of growth between wars
democratic government
glorified athens
Who was fighting the Peloponnesian wars?
what was the cause of the fighting?
ahtnes vs. sparta
fighting for supremacy in greece
competition for control over mediterranean trade

sparta won- both sides weakened from 27 years of fighting, vulnurable to macadonian attack
What was the Delian League?
When was it formed?
What was the peloponnesian League
DELIAN LEAGUE- ALLIANCE BETWEEN ATHENS AND ALLIED CITY STATES

PEOloponnesian league- sparta and allied city-states

460-429 BCE
During what were spartans and athenians allies?
who were they fighting?
what was the outcome of the war?
Persian War
the Persians...the Greeks won because of their small ships at the last minute
- greek uniqueness increased
- athens emerged most powerful
- athens organized DELIAN LEAGUE
Which types of government were used in ancient greece?
monarchy
aristocracy- nobles
oligarchy - few
tyranny - one
direct democracy- the people
the policical structure of Sparta
army state.
oligarchy: ruled by few
oligarchy- harsh laws

wealthy elite
free farmers
arisans
merchants
slacves

middle class was PERIOCLES
describe the social structure of athens.

remember to include: education, what two things were important, and what was inferior.
1. citizens
medicts--- non-land owning males
slaves

education to produce artists
beauty
democracy
family
home
woman were inferior

citizens had political rights
Describe the political structure of athens
first democracy- free adult mmales were considered citizens
how did geography affect the development of greece socially?
agaean
black
ionian
SEAS- shaped greek civilization

influenced on and was influenced by other cultures

no more than 2 million ppl on greece at once
how did geography affect the development of greece economically?
lack of resources
lack of arable land
excellent sailors
colonized other places
how did geography affect the development of Greece polically?
independent city-states...coudlnt be united
peististratus
ruled athens 546-527 as tyrant
solons reforms
canceled debt and freed people
farming profitable
must teach son trade
new legal systems
citizens brought charges to criminals
allowed males to attend assembly
athens had 2 reformers:
they reformed for
solon and cleisthenes
democracy
spartan girls
no voting little intelectual life
spartan boys
7-20 in school
10 yrs in barracks
30 year reserve
arete
what CULTURE? the _ _ _ _ ans
strive for excellence DORIANS
trojan war
year 1200 Homer wrote about it
GREEKS won!
How did the early civilizations end?
which came first?
mycanean- argos captured in 462bce

minoans: invasion from mycenean
-earthquake
history of minoan culture
3000bce Crete (largest island)settled by Asia minor people
history not great (not desphired)
traded with mediteranian nations
spoke non-helenic
bureaucratic monarchies- priests!
gov- great deal economy control.
built palaces
"7 layer" civilization
FIRST CIVILIZATION.
heiroglyphics:
possibly derived from hyroglyphic writing
history of mycenean culture
monarchial ruled by WANAX
wanax= monarch over large administration
mycaneans lived on main land
founded by Perseus- son of Zeus
Heinrich Schielman used Iliad to find it
center of a large and powerful civilization
at height 1400-1200 BCE
participated in Trojen War 1200 bce
the social structure of Sparta
equals: woman and men
half citizens
helots

babies inspected at birth
What is a democracy?
Who was a citizen?
Who wasn't a citizen?
democracy: ruled by people.
citizens: land owning males
noncitizens: woman, children, medicts,
who didn't own land
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