September

Monday:

Tuesday:

watched documentary
went over notes
Plato
- Greek philosopher
- only known source discussing location of Atlantis
Mycenaean-
- controlled the area around Greece from 1600 BC 1100 BC
- heavily influenced bu the Minoans
  - - much more war like
    - know for their around the Mediterranean sea, Aegean sea
    - known for their piracy on the seas surrounding Greece
    - known for their city-states Athens mycenae, pylons tiryns
  - historians arent sure if city-states were independent or more united
  - Mycenaean did unite to fight the Trojan war against troy
  - they fell apart due to wars and the sea people sacking their city states
  - eventually the Dorian came down from the north and took over Greece
Dorian-
- 1150- 750 BC
- come from the area north of Greece
- less advanced than the Mycenaean
- 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 Iliad was about the Trojan war
- the odyssey was a sequel that was after the Trojan war
Trojan war
- Fought between Mycenaean Greek and troy
- 1194- 1184 BC- myth
- War began after the abduction of Queen Helen

Watched the movie troy for the rest of period

Warring City States-

Polis-
- City
Acropolis-
- A settlement in a city on higher ground used for defense and a place to discuss politics.

Types of government

Monarchy-
- lead by one person- king or queen
Aristocracy-
- Government ruled by a small group of wealthy landowning families
Oligarchy-
- A government ruled by a few powerful people
Tyrants-
- Powerful individuals who seized control from the government
- could be good or bad
Democracy-
- Ruled by the people
- Athens had perhaps the worlds first democracy
- Only allowed citizens to participate
  - women, slaves, and foreigners were not citizens

education in Athens

Only for the sons for wealthy families
started at age 7 and focused on devolving good citizens
studied reading, grammar, poetry, history, math, music logic, and public speaking

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