3 pillars
-Assembly of the Demos
Male Athenians citizens listen, discuss, and vote on topics that affected Athenian life
spoke their minds and exercise their votes that had to do with the government of city
was the most central and most definitive institution of their democracy
Citizens were paid for attending that way poor would come without worry about leaving work
-The council of 500
represented the full time government of Athens
had 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes who serve from one year
could issue laws on its own, but main function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the assembly
would meet to talk about and vote on Preliminary decrees
-The peoples Court
the heliaea and other courts where citizen juries would listen to cases would vote on whether or not someone was guilty and vote on punishments for people who were guilty
Jurors would get half drachma a day or 3 obols for being jury
had to be at-least 30 years old on jury
SUPPLEMENTED BY
-The council of the areopagus
-The archons
-the generals
GEOGRAPHY OF ATHENS
land
-located in Greece or southern Europe
-Thousands of Islands
-Mountains cover 70-80% of Greece
mad of marble or limestone
limestone was in the hills that the city was located on
-Surrounded by Mountains
Aigaleo-west
Parnes- North
SEA
-surrounded by the Aegean ea, Ionian sea, Mediterranean Sea the Sea of Crete
-Peninsula that jets out into the Mediterranean Sea
-Southern Tip of Greece is called Peloponnesus
-The isthmus which is a narrow strop of land connects the Peloponnesus to the rest of Greece
-Fish were a part of diet
-Used for Trading and transportation
CLIMATE
-Mild wet winter
-about 50 degrees
-a lotof rain
- mountains get snow
-hot dry summers
-about 80 degrees
-Climate allows for a lot of outdoor activities
HOW DID IT HURT/HELP
-Trade was easier and more common since the Aegean sea, Ionian sea and Meiterranean sea bordered Greece
-There was no harsh weather
-Land was covered in mountains, therefore transportation was very difficult
-Crops could be grown easily
TRADE
-Sea trade was common in Aegean Ionian and Mediterranean Sea
-The most common ship in Greece was the Cargo ship then the war ship
-Transported goods and made Athens prosperous
-The Athenians reached markets all over the Mediterranean as well as the far east as Egypt and Lydia
-Traded with many different kinds of people
-Expanded imports to new levels
-Athens economy soared
FARMING
-Farming was hard due to limited amounts of good soil and cropland
-20% of land was for growing crops
-Mains crops barley grapes and olives
-Grain crops were planted in October and harvested between April and May
-Olives harvested between November and February
-Farms 4-5 acres of land
-grew enough crops to provide for family and if they had extra then they would take it to the local market
-some very large farms were run by overseers
-one farmer made 30,000 drachmas in a year on a large farm
-Average worker mad 2 drachmas a day
MINING
-Ore was common in Athens
-best known mine was the Silver mines of Laurium
-their profits helped the growth of Athens
-Slaves worked the in mines
-they made weapons, money, tools, and armor with the metal
JOBS
-Did metal work because of the silver mines
-druggists were usually female and they collected herbs to use them for medicine
-manual labor was performed by slaves
-people with artistic abilities created images of deities and sold them to believers
-farming
- only free citizens could sign up for the military
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