Monday- Plato- Greek philosopher, only known source discussing location of Atlantis, It's a myth Atlantis has elements that people like to fantasize about.
Mycenaeans- Controlled the area around Greece from 1600 BC- 1100 BC, Heavily influenced by the Minoans, Know for their trade around the Mediterranean sea, Aegean sea- no money exchanged- they traded their olive oil, scented oils, and wine, known for piracy on the seas surrounding Greece, Known for their ity-states- Athens, Mycenae, Pylos, Tiryns, Historians aren't sire if city-states were independent or more inited, Mycenaean's did unite to fight the Trojean War against Troy, The Mycenaean's fell apart die to wars an the Sea People's sacking theur city-States, Eventually the Dorians came down from the north and took over Greece
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Dorians- came from the area north of Greece, less advanced than the Mycenaean's, trade and culture slowed, Greece went into a Dark age
Homer- Was a Greek epic poet from 750-700 BC, Narrative poems celebrated heroic deeds, the lliad was about the Trajan War, The odyssey was a sequel that was after the Trojan War.
Trojan War- 1194-1184 BC Myth, War started after the abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by the Sparta by the Trojan prince, Paris, Helen's husband, Menelaus, convinced his brother Agamemnon, King of Mycenae, to lead and expedition to get her back,They crossed the Aegean Sea and laid siege to Troy
polis- city
Acropolis- settlement in a city on higher ground used for defense and a place to discuss politics-Below is the Athens acropolis
Monarchy- government riled by one person-king, queen
Aristocracy- government riled by a small group of wealthy, and landowning families
Oligarchy- government riled by a few powerful people
Tyrants- powerful individuals who seize control from the government, could be bad or good
Democracy- rule by the people, Athens had perhaps the world's first democracy, only allowed citizens to participate
Military state- a state that bases it economic model on the sustainment of its armed forces
helot- a peasant bound to the land
Phalanx- a military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shields
Persian wars- a series of wars in the fifth century B.C., in which Greek city-states battles the Persin empire
Education in Athens- Only for the sons of wealthy families, started at age 7 and focused on developing good citizens, studied reading, grammar, poety, history, math, music, logic and public speaking, public debate and athletics were also stressed, Once older, students went to military school, girls were educated by their mothers
Sparta- Greek city-state, Sparta was very powerful and had its own army, defeated the Messenians in 725 BC and in 650BC, inlike Athens and other city-states, it did not have democracy, Built a military state, sparta conquered other city-states to gain wealth and power, valued duty
Only men born in Sparta were citizens, women were not allowed to become citizens, the second class inSparta were people who came from other city-states or other countries, they could own businesses but not become citizens
Spartan Warriors- Learning to read and write in Sparta was not very imprtant, Training to become a good soldiers was stressed, young boys left home and 7 and trained to be soldiers until the were 30, athletics was also stressed.
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Persian Wars(Greco-Persian) 499-449 BC
Fought between the Persian Empire and Greek city-states(Athens, Sparta, Thebes, ect.)
Ionian Revolt(499-493 BC
The Ionians (Greeks) led a revolt against the Persians after Cyrus died
The Ionian Revolt was led by Athenian General Miltiades, Ionia asked Athens to help them which hey did,
Miltiades Escapes- Miltiades Escapes back to Athens and tells the Athenians that the Persians are coming to burn Athens, this set up the beginning of the Great war
Persia was the largest empire in the world at the time and consisted of millions of people, Ancient Greece was about 500,000 total people, it was truly a David vs. Goliath battle
Athens and Sparta had been fighting for hundres of years, They now fought no for Athens or for Sparta but for GREECE
25,000 Persians fighting against 10,000 Athenians
The Phalanx, The Persians were lightly armored and not prepared
Pheidippides- After the battle ended, he ran from Marathon to Athens to tell the Athenians of the victory over Persia
Battle of Thermopylae- 480 bc
Ten years after the Battle of Marathon, Persia once again invaded Greece, Darius the Great;s son, Xerxes, made it a goal to destroy Athens, Persians won
Battle of Salamis- at he naval battle of Salamis, the Greeks destroyed the Persian navy
The Persians were never the same after that and were eventually driven out of Greece
Delian League for alliance of Greek city-states
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Greek god- any supernaturals being worshiped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Titan- any of a family of giants in Greek mythology born of Uranus and Gaea and ruling the earth until overthrown by the Olympian gods
Heroes- men or women of special strength, courage, or ability
Myths- a traditional or legendary story, usually with a being, hero, or event and connected to religion
Creatures- an imaginary being of myth of fable: a monster: an imaginary creature usually various human and animal parts
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