Classical Greece Sea-
• Allowed for great opportunity for trade and travel
• Important because it allowed Greece to get the natural resources that it lacked; timber, precious metals, usable farmland Land-
• Rugged mountains covered about ¾ of ancient Greece.
• Mountains were often the divider for different regions
• Played a big role in wars. Hard to move through the mountains with large army
Climate • Upper 40’s in the winter • Lower 80’s in summer • The climate allowed for many different outdoor activities Minoan influence • Minoans- created an elegant civilization that had great power that started around 3000 bc • Minoans culture influenced the Mycenaean’s • Writing, language • Design • Trade • Used ships to trade goods Mycenaeean The mycenaens were heavily influenced by the Minoans • They came from Indo-Europeans migrants • Dominated Greece from 1600 bc to 1100 bc Dorian • Spoke a kind of greek • Not as advanced as the others, no writing system • Focused more on story telling • Best story teller is homer
during the dorian period
- dorian and the mycenaean people started to identify less with culture of their ancesrors and more witht he local area
- government made the transition from tribal or clan control to more formail government called city-states
government- a polis... was made up of a city and its surrounding countryside, which would include numerous villages
-citizens of the polis would come together to meet at an acropolis... to discuss their ciry government
- not al city- states had the same form of goverenment.
monarchy- state is ruled buy a king
- rule is hereditary
-some rulers clain that they hace a divine right to rule
- practiced in mycennae by 2000 bc
Aristocracy
-state ruled by nobility
-rule is hereditary and based o ties, social rank, wealth
- social status asn wealth support rulers authoritu
-practiced in athens prior to 594
Oligatchy
-state ruled by a small group of citizens
-rule is based on wealth and or ability
-ruling group controls the military
-practiced in sparta by 500 bc
direct democracy
-state ruled by the citizens
-ruled is base on sitizenship
-majority rules decides vote
-practiced in athens by 500 bc
athens
- about the 600 b.c athens was taking steps towards a democracy
- there were major reforms for the next 100 years that would eventully lead to a democracy starting around 500 bc
-key players
- draco
- developed a legal code based on the idea that all athenians, rich ad poor were equal under law
- he had bery harsh punishments for nearly any crime
- he believed in debt slavery
- the word dracanian has come to mean extreme cruelry or severity
-solon
- stated that no citizen should own antoher
- only top three classes could hold political office
- however all four could participate in the athenian assesmbly
-cleistenes
- broke athens up based on regions that the citizens lived instead of wealth 10 groups
- he increased the power of the assembly by allowing all citizens to submit laws for debate and passage
- created the councle of five hundred
- propsed laws
-counseled the assembly
-members were chosen at random
- limited democracy
- the reforms allowed for a limited democracy
- however but all poeple were citizens
- requirements
- free
- adult
- property owner
- born in athens
-sparta
- located in the sounthern part of greece
- was cut off from the rest of greece by the gulfof corinth
there goveremtnt
- several branches
-assembly,all citizens, elected offcials and voted on major issues
- counclil of elders, 30 older citicsens proposed laws on the assembly to vote on
- five elected offcials that carried out the laws that were passed bu the assembly
- two kings that ruled over sparta's military
sparta vs athens
treatment of its non-citzens will affect stability, and it will give it ability to lead an alliance affectively
Athens:
they entrust our women with alot of the responsibility. the woman that are married there mostly manages there household. which would include training household servants, making all the meals and sometimes nursing if there are any sick slaves. they value there slaves and treath them well
sparta
the woman have more than responsibilites they have rights privileges and lots of freedom as well. the spartans provide an education for young girls in singing, and dancing. the woman dont need to be protected by men. the woman protect there land by them selfs the woman manage the slaves
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