Goverment of AthensGoverment-Limited Democracy in the athens goverment, the people would directly vote on stuff such as elections.unlike our goverment here where we elect people.Aristocracystate ruled by nobilityrule is based in tie social rank and healthcitizenship - at 18 years of age men had two years of military trainingonly adults were full citizensin athens, wealthy nobles and poor people clashed .only free adults men were citizens.key players:pericles-leader of athens around 459… plato belived that differnt people have differnt strenghts and weakness.
make atheans citizens listeb discuss and vote on topics that affected athenian life.
spoke their mainds and exercise their votes that had to do with with gov't of city
Council of 500- represented the full time gov't of athens
-had 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten trives, who serve from one year.
peoples courts- the heliaeas vote the people guilty and they vote on punishments for people who were guilty.
had to be atleast 30 years old in jury.
supplemented by- the council of the areopagus, the archons and the generals.
geography of atheans-
land - located in greece in southern europe.
includes thousands of island
mountains coverd 70-80% of greece
sea- the aegean sea, lonian sea, Mediterranean sea, the sea of crete.
peninusla that jets out into the mediterranean sea. and the fish were part of their diet.
Climate wet winters about 50 degrees and there was alot of rain the mountians get snow.
hot and dry in the summer about 80 degrees the climate allowes for a lot of outdoor activities
how did it hurt/help - trade was easier and more common since the aegean sea, lonian sea, and th mediterrancean sea bordered greece.
there was no harsh weather. land was covered in mountains.
Natural reasources- lignite, petroleum, iron ore, Bauxite
trade- sea trade was common in aegeans and lonian and mediterraniean sea. the most common ship than the war ship transported goods and made athens prosperous.
traded with many differnt kinds of people.
farming-farming was hard due to limited amounts of good soil and cropland
20% of land was for growing crops main crops were barlety and grapes and olives
Farming cont.-athens just grew enough crops to provide for family and if they had extra then they woild take it to the local market.
some very large farms were run by overseers
mining- ore was common in athens
beast known mine was the silver mines of laurium
their profits help growth of athens
slaves worked in the mines.
jods- did a lot of metal work because of the silver mines of Laurium
Druggistes were usually female and they collected herds to use them for medicine.
manual labor was performed by slaves.
only free citizens could sign up fo the military.
Architecute and art
marketplace for social and religon events
temple of zeus at Olympia
ancient greek temple deticated to zeus
built in 472 B.C. and 456 B.C.
segesta temple
political temple for the Elymain people
Delph treasury
built to protect valuables
such as gold and silver
Parthenon
temple dedicated to athena
made of mable
one of the most monumental symbols of the culture \
Athena
there were two stutues to honor athena but they are gone
the parthenon stayed intact until 1687
Acroplis
means the highest point in the town
Arch of Hadrian
monumental gateway
temple of athena Nike
made to worship the greek goddess of athens
Greek parliment
palace for king otto and geroge l
Ancient agora
marketplace for social and commercial events
theater of dionysus
where song and dance were preformed
Panathenaic studium
where males competed in events
library of hadrian
Consists of Lecture halls and libraries.
theater
the athenians had great theater art in the golden age
Architecture
the greeks developed 3 architctural
Doric id plain and sturdy
Ionic is thinner and more dcorated
Corinthian-fancy
Greek Military
Delian League- was founded by ahtenians after the persian war
the name delian league derived form the official meeting place of the League:Delos.
over time the athens stared turning the league into an empire
the league and thus the athenian empire ended in 404BC when the spartans captured athens .
Grecian warriors
The ancient greece roles in the war were to protect their country.
the warriors fought for their own personal glory instead of a organized formations.
outside of being the warriors they lived normal lives like picking crops and families.
key players
themistoles leader of the greek dursian war spartans attempted to hold the pass of thrmopylae.
the greek fleet was made of 300 ships, 200 of which were athenians.
leonidas was a 5th century BC Spartsn military king.
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