week 10/2-10/6

monday-

Plato-

  • Greek Philosopher 
  • Only known source discussing location of Atlantis
  • It's a myth- Atlantis has elements that people love to fantasize about 

Mycenaean's- 

  • Controlled the area around Greece from 1600 BC- 1100 BC
  • Heavily influenced
  • Known for their trade around the Mediterranean- no money exchanged. Traded oils and wine for gold, ivory, copper
  • known for piracy 
  • known for their city-states-Athens
  • historians are not sure if city-states are independent or united
  • Mycenaean's did unite to fight the Trojan War against Troy 
  • Fell apart due to wars 
  • Eventually the Dorian's came down and took over Greece

tuesday 

Dorians 

  • came from greece 
  • less advanced than mycenaeans 
  • trade slowed 
  • went into dark age 

Homer 

  • greek epic poet 
  • narritvie poems 
  • heroic deeds 
  • lliad about trojan war 
  • odyssey 

Trojan war 

1194-1184 

  • war began after the abduction of queen helen of sparta by the trojan prince 
  • helens husband made his brother get her back 

governement types 

  • monachy 
  • aristocracy 
  • oligarchy 
  • tyrant 
  • democracy 

Vocab 

  • millitary state 
  • helot- a peasant bound to the land 
  • phalanx- a military formation of foot soldiers amed with spears  
  • perssian war-- a series of wars

Athens vs Sparta

  •  school son of wealthy families
  • started at age 7
  • studied grammar, poetry, history,math,music

Sparta

  • Very powerful
  • did no have democracy
  • built military state
  • strength, discipline  
  • men were born in sparta were citizens

wednesday 

Spartan Women 

  • athletics
  • service was stressed 
  • millitary 
  • freedom 

video 

thursday

Phelidippides 

  • after the battle ended, he ran from marathon to Athens to tell Athenians
  • guess how many miles it was from marathon athens

battle of thermopylea

  • Ten years after battle of marathon persia once again invaded greece
  • darius the  son xerxes made it a goal to deystroy athens 

friday

movie 

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